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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1577-1578
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Proudfull, adj. [ME (once) prouduol (Ayenbite), f. Proud(e adj.; also in mod. Sc. and Eng. (Devon) dials.] = Prideful(l adj. b. — a1578 Pitsc. I 81/5.
Sum of the nobillis … inwyand the Earle of Douglas … began to delet his proudfull ambitioun and disdainning of the pepill
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