prideling

English

Etymology

pride +‎ -ling

Noun

prideling (plural pridelings)

  1. (archaic) A petty prideful person.
    • 1859, Getting On: A tale of modern English life (volume 1, page 72)
      Oh for a well-knotted scourge to drive those petty pridelings out among the smocks and fustians, till they know that they are equal in the sight of the Master of that house which they are leaving!
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