Arrogance

Arrogance
Arrogance Ar"ro*gance, n. [F., fr. L. arrogantia, fr. arrogans. See {Arrogant}.] The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption. [1913 Webster]

I hate not you for her proud arrogance. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Haughtiness; hauteur; assumption; lordliness; presumption; pride; disdain; insolence; conceit; conceitedness. See {Haughtiness}. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • arrogance — [ arɔgɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1160; lat. arrogantia ♦ Insolence méprisante ou agressive. ⇒ fierté, hauteur, insolence, présomption, suffisance, 1. superbe. Air d arrogance. ⇒ mépris. Répondre avec arrogance. ⇒ 1. morgue. L orgueil « ne déplaît tant que… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • arrogance — ARROGANCE. s. f. Fierté, orgueil, présomption, qui fait qu on s attribue un mérite, un droit, une autorité qu on n a pas. Sotte arrogance. Arrogance insupportable. Parler avec arrogance …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • arrogance — Arrogance. s. f. Fierté, orgueil, presomption par laquelle on s attribuë un merite, un droit, une authorité que l on n a pas. Sotte arrogance. arrogance insupportable. parler avec arrogance …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Arrogance — or arrogant may refer to: *Excessive Pride *HubrisIn entertainment: *Arrogance (band) …   Wikipedia

  • arrogance — (n.) c.1300, from O.Fr. arrogance (12c.), from L. arrogantia, from arrogantem (nom. arrogans) assuming, overbearing, insolent, prp. of arrogare to claim for oneself, assume, from ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + rogare ask, propose (see ROGATION …   Etymology dictionary

  • arrogance — Arrogance, Arrogantia, Insolentia, Fastus, Ferocitas. Il est venu en si grande arrogance, que, etc. Processit eo insolentiae, vt, etc …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • arrogance — index contempt (disdain), contumely, disdain, disrespect Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • arrogance — [n] exaggerated self opinion airs, aloofness, audacity, bluster, braggadocio, brass*, cheek*, chutzpah*, conceit, conceitedness, contemptuousness, crust*, disdain, disdainfulness, ego, egotism, gall, haughtiness, hauteur, high handedness, hubris …   New thesaurus

  • arrogance — [ar′ə gəns, er′ə gəns] n. the quality or state of being arrogant; overbearing pride or self importance: also arrogancy …   English World dictionary

  • arrogance — (a ro gan s ) s. f. Orgueil accompagné de manières hautaines et de prétentions téméraires. Langage plein d arrogance. C est le comble de l arrogance. •   Ton arrogance insigne Ne mériterait pas qu on te fît cet honneur, VOLT. Tancr. III, 6. •   D …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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