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surquedry
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PRONUNCIATION:

(SUHR-kwid-ree)

MEANING:

noun: Overbearing pride.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old French surcuiderie, from Latin supercogitare, from super- (over, above) + cogitare (to think), from agitare (to agitate), from agere (to drive). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ag- (to drive, draw), which also gave us act, agent, agitate, litigate, synagogue, ambassador, incogitant, actuate, ambage, and exigency. Earliest documented use: 1250.

USAGE:

“His gaze was that of a spoiled child -- surquedry unjustified by any achievement, any true power.”
Stephen R. Donaldson; The One Tree; Ballantine; 1982.

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