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surquedry

surquedry noun: overweening pride; arrogance.

Noun

surquedry (countable and uncountable, plural surquedries)

  1. (obsolete) Overweening pride; arrogance.
    • They were faire Ladies, till they fondly ſtriu’d / With th’Heliconian maides for mayſtery; / Of whom they ouer-comen, were depriu’d / Of their proud beautie, and th’one moyity / Transform’d to fiſh, for their bold ſurquedry, / But th’vpper halfe their hew retayned ſtill, / And their ſweet skill in...1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 31, pages 370–371

Forms of surquedry

pluralsurquedries
alternative formsurquedy
alternative formsurquidry

Origin of surquedry

From Old French surcuiderie.

Questions about surquedry

What does surquedry mean?
Surquedry means overweening pride; arrogance.
What part of speech is surquedry?
Surquedry is a noun.
What is the plural of surquedry?
The plural of surquedry is surquedries.

Words near surquedry in the dictionary

  1. surprized
  2. surprizes
  3. surprizing
  4. surquedous
  5. surquedries
  6. surquedry
  7. surquedy
  8. surquidry
  9. surra
  10. Surratt
  11. Surratts

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