laced; prim &c. (affected) 855. on one's dignity, on one's high
horses,on one's tight ropes, on one's high ropes; on stilts; en grand
seigneur [Fr]. Adv. with head erect. Phr. odi profanum vulgus et arceo
[Lat][Horace]. "a duke's revenues on her back" [Henry VI]; "disdains
the shadow which he treads on at noon" [Coriolanis]; "pride in their
port, defiance in their eye" [Goldsmith].
#879. Humility.—N. humility, humbleness; meekness, lowness;
lowliness, lowlihood[obs3]; abasement, self-abasement; submission &c.
725; resignation. condescension; affability &c. (courtesy) 894. modesty
&c. 881; verecundity|, blush, suffusion, confusion; sense of
shame,sense of disgrace; humiliation, mortification; let down, set
down. V. be humble &c. adj.; deign, vouchsafe, condescend; humble
oneself, demean oneself; stoop, stoop to conquer; carry coals; submit
&c. 725; submit with a good grace &c. (brook) 826; yield the palm.
lower one's tone, lower one's note; sing small, draw in one's horns,
sober down; hide one's face, hide one's diminished head; not dare to
show one's face, take shame to oneself, not have a word to say for
oneself; feel shame, be conscious of shame, feel disgrace, be conscious
of disgrace; drink the cup of humiliation to the dregs. blush for,
blush up to the eves; redden, change color; color up; hang one's head,
look foolish, feel small. render humble; humble, humiliate; let down,
set down, take down, tread down, frown down; snub, abash, abase, make
one sing small, strike dumb; teach one his distance; put down, take
down a peg, take down a peg lower; throw into the shade, cast into the
shade &c. 874; stare out of countenance, put out of countenance; put to
the blush; confuse, ashame[obs3], mortify, disgrace, crush; send away
with a flea in one's ear. get a setdown[obs3]. Adj. humble, lowly,
meek; modest &c. 881; humble minded, sober- minded; unoffended[obs3];
submissive &c. 725; servile, &c. 886. condescending; affable &c.
(courteous) 891. humbled &c. v.; bowed down, resigned; abashed,
ashamed, dashed; out of countenance; down in the mouth; down on one's
knees, down on one's marrowbones, down on one's uppers; humbled in the
dust, browbeaten; chapfallen[obs3], crestfallen; dumfoundered[obs3].
flabbergasted. shorn of one's glory &c. (disrepute) 874. Adv. with
downcast eyes, with bated breath, with bended knee; on all fours, on
one's feet. under correction, with due deference. Phr. I am your
obedient servant, I am your very humble servant; my service to you; da
locum melioribus [Lat][Terence]; parvum parva decent [Lat][Horace].
#880. Vanity.—N. vanity; conceit, conceitedness; self-conceit,
self-complacency, self-confidence, self-sufficiency, self-esteem, self-
love, self-approbation, self-praise, self-glorification,
self-laudation, self-gratulation[obs3], self-applause, self-admiration;
amour propre[Fr]; selfishness &c. 943. airs, affected manner,
pretensions, mannerism; egotism; priggism[obs3], priggishness;
coxcombry, gaudery[obs3], vainglory, elation; pride &c. 878;
ostentation &c. 882; assurance &c. 885. vox et praeterea nihil[Lat];
cheval de bataille[Fr]. coxcomb &c. 854 Sir Oracle &c. 887. V. be vain
&c. adj., be vain of; pique oneself &c. (pride) 878; lay the flattering
unction to one's soul. have too high an opinion of oneself, have an
overweening opinion of oneself, have too high an opinion of one's
talents; blind oneself as to one's own merit; not think small beer of
oneself, not think vin ordinaire of oneself[Fr]; put oneself forward;
fish for compliments; give oneself airs &c. (assume) 885; boast &c.