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单词 arrogance
释义

arrogancen.

Brit. /ˈarəɡəns/, U.S. /ˈɛrəɡəns/
Forms:

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.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French arrogance; Latin arrogantia.
Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman arrogaunce, Anglo-Norman and Middle French arrogance (12th cent. in Old French; French arrogance ), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin arrogantia haughtiness, insolence, pride, conceit, presumption < arrogant- , arrogāns , present participle of arrogāre arrogate v. + -ia -y suffix3; compare -ance suffix. Compare later arrogant adj., arrogancy n.Compare Old Occitan (rare) arogansa, arroguansa (15th cent.), Catalan arrogància (late 14th cent.), Spanish arrogancia (beginning of the 14th cent.), Portuguese arrogância (15th cent.), Italian arroganza (late 13th cent.); also Middle Dutch arrogancie (Dutch arrogantie), Middle High German or early modern German arroganz (14th cent. as arrogantia; in early use often with Latin inflectional endings; German Arroganz).
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).
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