Himself with princes.
Shakespeare, Henry VIII., act iv. sc. 2.
Arius, discontented that one should be placed before him in honour, whose superior he thought himself in desert, became through envy and stomach prone unto contradiction, and bold to broach that heresy wherein the Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ was denied.—Hooker, Ecclesiastical Polity, b. v. § 42.
[Stout. This word is now generally used in the sense of corpulent, less frequently in the sense of strong, robust. In provincial use ‘stout’ has sometimes the meaning of proud, and this is probably the original meaning of the word. ‘Stout’ is the same word as the Old French estout, bold, proud, which represents a Germanic base stolto-; compare modern German stolz, proud (see Kluge, s. v.). In the passages below the word retains its old meaning.]
Commonly it is seen that they that be rich are lofty and stout.—Latimer, Sermons, p. 545.
I stout and you stout,
Who will carry the dirt out?
Old Proverb.
Come all to ruin; let
Thy mother rather feel thy pride, than fear