In the Bible, a son of Jacob and Leah and the forebear of one of the tribes of Israel. Sim·e·on2 (sĭm′ē-ən) In the New Testament, the devout Jew who proclaimed the Nunc Dimittis while holding the infant Jesus in his arms. ...
arrogantconceitedhaughtyproudself-respecting self-satisfiedsmugsuperciliousvain 1.words used to show approval Proudandself-respectingare used in a complimentary way. ...with millions of decent,proud,hard-working people. ...so that they grow into responsible andself-respectingcitizens. ...
--Shak. He lost the character of a bold, stout, magnanimous man. --Clarendon. The lords all stand To clear their cause, most resolutely stout. --Daniel. 2. Proud; haughty; arrogant; hard. [Archaic] Your words have been stout against me. --Mal. iii. 13. Commonly . . . they that...
Hear my will, ye doubting winds: Hither to battle and din of the tempest, to the raging whirl of the roaring storm! Drive the sleep from this dreaming sea; awakeangrygreed from its depths; show it the prey which I offer; let it shatter this haughty ship, gorge itself upon the shivered...
Moabis also the name of a Biblical kingdom and a city in Utah. Where doesMOABcome from? The kingdom ofMoab—a name from Greek via Hebrew for “from the father”—is described in the Bible as what is present-day Jordan, bound by the Dead Sea on its west. According to the Bible, ...
An allegory is anarrative storythat conveys a complex, abstract, or difficult message. It achieves this through storytelling. Rather than having to explain the pitfalls of arrogance and the virtues of persistence, a writer can instead tell a tale about a talking tortoise and a haughty hare. ...
... "Her sister Johanne resembled a lily—fair, slender, and erect; and, like her mother, she was stately and haughty. It was a great pleasure to her to wander up and down the grand saloon where hung the portraits of her ancestors. ...— The Sand-Hills of Jutland • Hans Christia...
This aphorism is a paraphrase of the line, "Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall." Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. This aphorism is a paraphrase of the line, "And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise...
whether from the exulting anticipation of coming triumph, or from a soft suspicion that, behind thatlattice, bright eyes and brilliant faces were gazing on his state, the haughty but handsome Seljuk flourished his scimitar over his head, as he threw his managed steed into attitudes that displaye...
To put off, to divest; to lay aside; as, to put off a robe; to put off mortality or the mortal body; to put off haughty airs. 1. To turn aside from a purpose or demand; to defeat or delay by artifice. I hoped for a demonstration, but Themistices hopes to put me off with ...