surquedry

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surquedry

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From Old French surcuiderie.

noun surquedries · surquedy · surquidry

countable, obsolete, uncountable Overweening pride; arrogance. They were faire Ladies, till they fondly ſtriu’d / With th’Heliconian maides for mayſtery; / Of whom they ouer-comen, were depriu’d / Of their proud beautie, and th’one moyity / Transform’d to fiſh, for their bold ſurquedry, / But th’vpper halfe their hew retayned ſtill, / And their ſweet skill in w

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@misc{surquedry_2026,
  title = {surquedry},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/surquedry},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}