high-blown
adj1
Archaic elevated (normally said of pride or conceit)
- But farre beyond my depth: my high-blowne Pride1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
- Nothing could less resemble the high blown ambition of the favourite courtier, the successful gallant, and the bold warrior than the submissive, unassuming mediciner, who seemed even to court and delight in insult1828 May 15, [Walter Scott], chapter XXII, in Chronicles of the Canongate. Second Series. […] (The Fair Maid of Perth), volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall, →OCLC:
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- turn Thou their strength to water, and bring their high-blown pride to nought1887, H[enry] Rider Haggard, chapter I, in Allan Quatermain […], London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC: