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Definition of Purse-proud
1. Adjective. Proud or arrogant because of your wealth (especially in the absence of other distinction).
Definition of Purse-proud
1. Adjective. Haughty in the possession of riches. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purse-proud
Literary usage of Purse-proud
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Or purse-proud, big wi' cent per cent, To buy a meal to me. . S. The Highl.
Widow's Lament. ... The harpy, hoc-dock, purse-proud race, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 7. ..."
2. A Descriptive Guide to the Best Fiction, British and American by Ernest Albert Baker (1903)
"1900. mother manages to incarcerate him in a lunatic asylum. This unscrupulous
lady, A domestic story. The son is a Christian Socialist, and his purse-proud ..."
3. Pen Sketches: Streets of Cairo, Sphinx and Pyramids, Bedouin Wedding by Finley Acker (1899)
"... the reprover of religious intolerance and hypocrisy—how contemptible appears
the attitude of the haughty, the arrogant, the purse proud, the oppressor, ..."
4. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"... SWORD AND PURSE = the military power and wealth of a nation ; TO MAKE A PURSE =
to amass money ; purse-proud (or FULL) = haughty, because rich (BE, ..."
5. The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax: In Search of 1. The Picturesque, 2. Of by William Combe, Thomas Rolandson (1869)
"... let loose all his purse-proud spleen Against a thing he ne'er had seen : But
your kind note, where it was said, That all expenses should be paid, But; ..."
6. The Lounger's Common-place Book: Or Miscellaneous Collections in History by Jeremiah Whitaker Newman (1838)
"Indeed, good doctor, you are mistaken: if you got no more by preaching and praying
than I do, you would not be so rich, purse-proud, and overbearing as you ..."
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