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arrogant, a. and n.|ˈærəgənt|
[a. F. arrogant (14th c.), ad. L. arrogāntem assuming, overbearing, insolent, pr. pple. of arrogāre: see arrogate and -ant.]
A. adj. Making or implying unwarrantable claims to dignity, authority, or knowledge; aggressively conceited or haughty, presumptuous, overbearing. (Used of men, their actions, manner, etc.)
c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋322 Arrogaunt, is he that thinketh that he hath thilke bountees in him, that he hath not. 1538Starkey England 18 Some..juge al vyce and vertue only to consiste in the opinyon of man, wych ys arrogant blyndnes. a1587R. Glover in Foxe A. & M. III. 354 Master Chancellor here noted me to be arrogant, because I would not give place to my Bishop. 1796Burke Let. Noble Ld. Wks. VIII. 72 It would be a most arrogant presumption in me to assume to myself the glory of what belongs to his majesty. 1872Darwin Emotions xi. 264 The arrogant man looks down on others, and with lowered eyelids hardly condescends to see them.
†B. as n. A proud, haughty person. Obs.
1489Caxton Faytes of Armes i. i. 4 To represse the arrogaunts. 1668Howe Bless. Righteous Wks. 1834. 230/2 Proud arrogants formed, by necessity and misery, into humble supplicants. |