a. Obs. rare. [ad. L. superbientem, pres. pple. of superbīre to be proud, f. superbus proud, SUPERB. Cf. It. superbiente.] Insolent, overbearing.
1647. N. Bacon, Disc. Govt. Eng., I. xxxviii. 93. The wise Saxon King, espying the danger in entrusting the lives and estates of the poorest sort unto the dictate of these superbient humours. Ibid. (1651), II. lxiv. 218. He wanted his Fathers sence, and had too much of his Grandfather’s superbient humour.
