hubrid

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Etymology

From hubris +‎ -id (suffix forming adjectives). Hubris is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὕβρις (húbris, insolence, sexual outrage).

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Adjective

hubrid (comparative more hubrid, superlative most hubrid)

  1. (rare) Synonym of hubristic (overly arrogant or proud, or presumptuous, especially in a disdainful or rude manner).
    • 1991, Stanley Enlkin, The MacGuffin, Linden Press, page 173:
      Showing off for him, for all of them, not out of hubris — hubris? him? what did he have to be hubrid about?
    • 28 February 2002, Daniel Busk, “dear Pat, read this..”, in alt.psychology.nlp[1] (Usenet):
      And if it's true, maybe it doesn't only concern NLP trainers.. have you met novices in any other fields, some seem to adopt a hubrid belief of their own skills.. just a thought.
    • 2011, Constancio Sulapas Asumen, Flirting with Misadventures: Escapades of an Exotic Life, Friesen Press, page 143:
      Of calculatingly unprincipled / Surrender to hubrid incompetence

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