Inflated and astrut with self-conceit. --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
2. In a strutting manner; with a strutting gait. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
astrut — əˈstrət adjective Etymology: Middle English astrout, astrut, from a (I) + strout, strut strut more at strut : puffed up (as with conceit) * * * astrut /ə strutˈ/ (archaic) adverb 1. Protrudingly … Useful english dictionary
Inflated — In*flat ed, a. 1. Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas. [1913 Webster] 2. Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style. [1913 Webster] Inflated and astrut with self conceit.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
distended — adj bloated, swollen, dilated, enlarged, expanded, inflated, puffed out, puffy, stretched, astrut TECHNICAL emphysematous, tumescent, varicose ≠ deflated, shrunken … Useful english dictionary
astrote — astrote, a strout obs. forms of astrut … Useful english dictionary
a-strout — astrote, a strout obs. forms of astrut … Useful english dictionary
