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单词 alazony
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alazonyn.

Brit. /əˈlazəni/, U.S. /əˈlæzəni/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin alazonia.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin alazonia (1546 or earlier) < ancient Greek ἀλαζονεία boastfulness, imposture < ἀλαζονεύεσθαι to make false pretensions, boast ( < ἀλαζών boaster: see alazon n.) + -εία -y suffix3. Compare alazon n.
1. Pride, arrogance. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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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
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Alazony, arrogancy, or pride.
2. Literary Criticism. Failure to recognize irony, esp. due to arrogance, misplaced self-confidence, or a lack of self-awareness. Cf. alazon n.
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1958 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 63 524 In spite of ironic recusationes he [sc. Horace] takes advantage of the genre to write hymns, romantic poems and political proclamations, and engages in poetic alazony, the counterpart of irony.
1994 S. R. Munt Murder by Book? viii. 193 Her first discussion with an unnamed yellow woman yields little information, merely establishing the woman's eminent alazony.
2005 J. L. Resseguie Narr. Crit. New Test. ii. 72 The Pharisee..reveals his alazony in a prayer that drips with self-congratulatory confidence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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