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Webster 1913 Edition


Arrogance

Ar′ro-gance

,
Noun.
[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.
I hate not you for her proud
arrogance
.
Shakespeare
Syn. – Haughtiness; hauteur; assumption; lordliness; presumption; pride; disdain; insolence; conceit; conceitedness. See
Haughtiness
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Arrogance

AR'ROGANCE

,
Noun.
[L. arrogantia, from arrogo, to claim; of ad and rogo, to beg, or desire. See Arrogate.]
The act or quality of taking much upon one's self; 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; conceitedness; presumption.
I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease. Is. 13. 1Sam. 2. Pov. 8.

Definition 2024


arrogance

arrogance

English

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Noun

arrogance (usually uncountable, plural arrogances)

  1. 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.

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:arrogance.

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Translations

External links

  • arrogance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • arrogance in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

French

Etymology

From Latin arrogantia.

Noun

arrogance f (uncountable)

  1. Arrogance