α. Middle English–1500s arrogans, Middle English–1500s arrogaunce, Middle English– arrogance, 1500s–1600s arogance.
β. Middle English erregance, Middle English errogance, Middle English errogaunce.
单词 | arrogance |
释义 | arrogancen.α. Middle English–1500s arrogans, Middle English–1500s arrogaunce, Middle English– arrogance, 1500s–1600s arogance. β. Middle English erregance, Middle English errogance, Middle English errogaunce. 1. A high or inflated opinion of one's own abilities, importance, etc., that gives rise to presumption or excessive self-confidence, or to a feeling or attitude of being superior to others; the fact or quality of being arrogant.In early use frequently considered as an aspect or manifestation of the ‘deadly sin’ of pride (pride n.1 1a). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [noun] prideOE overgartc1175 surquidrya1250 stuntisea1327 arrogance1340 insolencec1386 surquidyc1407 succudryc1425 lordliness1440 arrogancy1477 ogartc1480 wantonness?a1505 stateliness1509 insolencya1513 surquidancea1525 superbityc1540 imperiousness1582 surliness1587 super-arrogation1593 insolentness1594 assumption1609 self-assumption1609 huff1611 imperiosity1618 superarrogancy1620 lordship1633 self-assuming1644 alazony1656 high-handednessa1658 fast1673 arrogantness1756 overbearance1766 swaggera1821 huffishness1841 you-be-damnedness1885 high and mighty1924 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 21 Þe þridde boȝ of prede is arrogance..þanne þe man wenþ more of him-zelue þanne he ssolde. c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 236 (MED) Þe ffyfþe spice [of pride] is Arrogaunce boun, Whon a Mon Makeþ comparisoun Bi-twenen his vuel doynges And oþur mennes. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. l. 213 (MED) War arrogaunce in taking thyng on honde. a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 1694 Be not pensyve, nore proud in arrogans. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 293 I..doe preferre plaine vnskill and ignorance, before vaine lying and presumptuous arrogance. a1677 I. Barrow Of Love of God (1680) iv. 133 What place can there be for that vanity and folly, for that pride and arrogance, for that partiality and injustice, which are the sources of immoderate self-love? 1727 J. Gay Fables I. xxiv. 82 ‘What arrogance!’ the snail reply'd; ‘How insolent is upstart pride!’ 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxxi. 184 Their arrogance was soon humbled by misfortune. 1808 ‘P. Pindar’ Fall of Portugal i. i. 12 That haughty Gaul, Who priding in his master's pomp of power, In imitation, proves his arrogance. a1822 P. B. Shelley tr. P. Calderon Scenes from Magico Prodigioso in Posthumous Poems (1824) 367 I Had so much arrogance as to oppose The chair of the most high Professorship, And obtained many votes. 1919 Times 16 Aug. 14/1 At first he thought that the original clause was inserted by the majority of the House of Commons out of pure arrogance. 1974 R. A. Caro Power Broker iv. xxiv. 477 He seemed to emanate an air of arrogance, of contempt, for the men sitting up there. 2011 Church Times 30 Sept. 3/1 Some clergy are not so sensitive to the needs of unchurched families as civil celebrants, and maybe this comes over as arrogance. 2. An instance of being arrogant; an arrogant act, assumption, utterance, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [noun] > instance of arrogancy?1532 arrogantness1563 arrogance1575 surquidry1602 self-assuming1644 1575 T. Newton tr. C. A. Curione Notable Hist. Saracens ii. f. 69 Imprael beeyng certefied whether he did it vpon an arrogance & disdaine, or that he feared the euent and fortune of Battayle. 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer vi. f. 182 Tis an arrogance To offer to instruct their ignorance. 1701 Jura Populi Anglicani Answer'd 4 Such Punishments as may deter others from the like Arrogances. 1776 Liberal & Minute Inspection Holy Gospel 28 Having..some Arrogances and Jealousies about their spiritual Gifts. 1852 L. Kossuth in Kossuth in New Eng. 239 Is it an arrogance to claim an international duty, when that duty would be a benefit to our poor selves? 1920 W. B. Hale Story of Style viii. 246 It [sc. the world] seldom suspects how often the hero to whom it yields homage is himself puzzled at the success of his presumption, and..is spurred to further arrogances. 1978 N.Y. Jewish Week 17 Dec. 8 It is, indeed, an arrogance to denounce the people enraged by a Sabbath murder without acknowledging the depth of their anger. 2002 B. Rubin & J. C. Rubin Anti-Amer. Terrorism & Middle East vii. 280 Among the many arrogances of the United States, according to Ibrahim Nafi,..is its belief that countries throughout the world should blindly support it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1340 |
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