arrogantadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈarəɡ(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈɛrəɡənt/

Forms: late Middle English arragaunt, late Middle English–1500s arrogaunt, late Middle English–1600s arogant, late Middle English–1600s arrogaunte, 1500s arrogante, 1500s– arrogant, 1600s arragant.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French arrogant; Latin arrogant-, arrogāns.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French arrogant (13th cent. in Old French as adjective, early 15th cent. as noun; French arrogant ), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin arrogant-, arrogāns insolent, overbearing, conceited, presumptuous, use as adjective of present participle of arrogāre arrogate v.Compare Old Occitan arrogan (a1215), Spanish arrogante (late 14th cent. as adjective, early 15th cent. as noun), Italian arrogante (early 13th cent. as adjective, early 14th cent. as noun).

A. adj.

1. Of a person: having a high or inflated opinion of his or her own abilities, importance, etc.; presumptuous, excessively self-confident, or believing oneself to be superior to others.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [adjective]

wlonkOE

moodyOE

rankOE

surquidous1377

insolentc1386

wantona1393

arrogantc1405

angardc1425

surquidrousc1430

stately1448

imperiala1456

superbious1509

succudrous1513

surquidant1528

ruffling1543

controlling1564

lustya1568

cocking1568

superbous1581

bog1592

swaggering1596

superarrogant1598

arrogating1601

pyrgopolinizing1605

high-handed1606

outbearing1607

high-horsed1613

dictatory1639

bardish1641

self-assuming1647

superbient1647

huffy1680

dictatorial1692

huffish1755

cobby1785

high-riding1831

braggadocious1853

snouty1858

you-be-damned1887

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) §322 Arrogaunt þ^t thynketh þ^t he hath thilke bountees in hym þ^t he hath nat.

1541 ‘J. Sawtry’ Def. Mariage Preistes sig. Aiiii^v Of y^e which deuillisshe doctryne almost now pressed by Goddis worde, bolde arrogant Steuen Gardener, bisshop of Wynchester with his dronken blak monke Repse abbot quondam of. s. Benits..ar the inbringers.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1888/2 Master Chauncelour here noted me to be arrogant, because I would not geue place to my Byshop.

1654 P. English Surv. Policy ii. 137 In the heroick age..men were extream haughty and arrogant, and could not be governed by equals.

1663 W. Clark Marciano 56 Now get you gone both of you.., you arrogant, empty-skull'd wittals.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 104. ⁋1 To be negligent of what any one thinks of you, does not only shew you arrogant but abandoned.

1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 13 278 The head of Julius..is a fine portrait of that arrogant and irascid priest.

1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals xi. 264 The arrogant man looks down on others, and with lowered eyelids hardly condescends to see them.

1927 F. M. Thrasher Gang iv. xxii. 523 The ‘dethroning’ of an arrogant gang leader known as ‘the king’.

1958 C. Achebe Things fall Apart xx. 156 These court messengers were greatly hated in Umuofia because they were foreigners and also arrogant and high-handed.

2012 J. Tomsky Heads in Beds iii. 64 This arrogant prick thought meeting him was my dream come true.

2. Of an act, assumption, utterance, etc.: characterized by, resulting from, or revealing arrogance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [adjective] > specifically of conduct

arrogant1529

ruffling1531

1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f. xxii Obstynate rebellyouse mynde agaynst all lawes rule and gouernaunce wyth arrogante presumpcyon to medle wyth euery mannys substaunce.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 12 Some..juge al vyce & vertue only to consiste in the opinyon of man, wych ys arrogant blyndnes.

1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. iv. sig. H I do hate these bumbaste wits, That are puft vp with arrogant conceit.

1698 R. South 12 Serm. III. 180 The Arrogant Assertions of Self-Justiciaries on the one hand, and the wild Opinions of the Antinomians on the other.

1704 T. Goodwin Hist. Reign Henry Fifth vi. 248 The Duke..by his Pride and arrogant Deportment had pull'd this sad Fate upon his own Head.

1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord 34 It would be a most arrogant presumption in me to assume to myself the glory of what belongs to his Majesty.

1857 ‘F. Fern’ Fresh Leaves 322 The overbearing and undeserved rebuke of arrogant assumption?

1876 Catholic World June 388/1 This..arrogant rejection by pedantic orthodoxists of facts that seemingly conflicted with accepted views.

1920 Painter & Decorator June 220/2 I speak for..the unpartaking victims of your arrogant efficiency.

2006 Managem. Today Jan. 76/3 His arrogant attitude to his staff..was demotivating his support team.

B. n.

An arrogant person; one who behaves in a presumptuous or supercilious way. Also with the and plural agreement: those who are arrogant; arrogant people regarded as a class.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [noun] > person

surquidour1393

arrogant1489

ruffler1536

swingebreech1581

insolenta1616

Junker1849

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. ii. sig. Aii^v To represse the arrogaunts.

1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 78 In the rebuk of chief arrogantis.

1594 J. Stockwood tr. L. Daneau Fruitfull Comm. Twelue Small Prophets ii. 6 Plato in Charmide seemeth to make a difference betweene those that are indeede Fore-shewers, whome hee calleth Prophets, and those which for ostentation or vaine glories sake doe fore-tell things to come, whome hee calleth Arrogants.

1668 J. Howe Blessednesse of Righteous xii. 219 Proud arrogants formed, by necessity and misery, into humble supplicants.

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables xviii. 19 But Good Council is cast away, upon the Arrogant, the Self-conceited, or the stupid.

?1708 Fair Play for One's Life 6 The young Arrogants now raise themselves by insulting their improv'd Learning, their Observations of the Happy, or ill Success of the various Methods and Medicines in all kinds of Diseases.

1769 D'Alenzon tr. ‘Hoamchi-Vam’ Bonze I. 152 He cast the arrogants into prison.

1843 Ohio Statesman 31 May The whole country knew that our claim to the ‘disputed territory’, (as it had been called in courtesy to British arrogants,) was founded in right.

1899 Huddersfield Chron. 1 July 10/2 They had driven two good nails into the coffins of the arrogants.

1965 Observer 17 Oct. 40/5 There were superb specimens of the Silver-Haired Pinstripe, the Moustached Arrogants (the most common variety)..and other famous Tory types.

1990 Daughters of Sarah Jan. 6/1 The humble will triumph and the arrogant be brought down.

1996 N. Davies Europe 17 These words are a standing rebuke to anyone who would lump all ‘Western imperialists’ into the same gang of arrogants.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	arrogant
释义	arrogantadj.n. Brit. /ˈarəɡ(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈɛrəɡənt/ Forms: late Middle English arragaunt, late Middle English–1500s arrogaunt, late Middle English–1600s arogant, late Middle English–1600s arrogaunte, 1500s arrogante, 1500s– arrogant, 1600s arragant. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French arrogant; Latin arrogant-, arrogāns. Etymology: < (i) Middle French arrogant (13th cent. in Old French as adjective, early 15th cent. as noun; French arrogant ), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin arrogant-, arrogāns insolent, overbearing, conceited, presumptuous, use as adjective of present participle of arrogāre arrogate v.Compare Old Occitan arrogan (a1215), Spanish arrogante (late 14th cent. as adjective, early 15th cent. as noun), Italian arrogante (early 13th cent. as adjective, early 14th cent. as noun). A. adj. 1. Of a person: having a high or inflated opinion of his or her own abilities, importance, etc.; presumptuous, excessively self-confident, or believing oneself to be superior to others. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [adjective] wlonkOE moodyOE rankOE surquidous1377 insolentc1386 wantona1393 arrogantc1405 angardc1425 surquidrousc1430 stately1448 imperiala1456 superbious1509 succudrous1513 surquidant1528 ruffling1543 controlling1564 lustya1568 cocking1568 superbous1581 bog1592 swaggering1596 superarrogant1598 arrogating1601 pyrgopolinizing1605 high-handed1606 outbearing1607 high-horsed1613 dictatory1639 bardish1641 self-assuming1647 superbient1647 huffy1680 dictatorial1692 huffish1755 cobby1785 high-riding1831 braggadocious1853 snouty1858 you-be-damned1887 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) §322 Arrogaunt þ^t thynketh þ^t he hath thilke bountees in hym þ^t he hath nat. 1541 ‘J. Sawtry’ Def. Mariage Preistes sig. Aiiii^v Of y^e which deuillisshe doctryne almost now pressed by Goddis worde, bolde arrogant Steuen Gardener, bisshop of Wynchester with his dronken blak monke Repse abbot quondam of. s. Benits..ar the inbringers. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1888/2 Master Chauncelour here noted me to be arrogant, because I would not geue place to my Byshop. 1654 P. English Surv. Policy ii. 137 In the heroick age..men were extream haughty and arrogant, and could not be governed by equals. 1663 W. Clark Marciano 56 Now get you gone both of you.., you arrogant, empty-skull'd wittals. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 104. ⁋1 To be negligent of what any one thinks of you, does not only shew you arrogant but abandoned. 1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 13 278 The head of Julius..is a fine portrait of that arrogant and irascid priest. 1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals xi. 264 The arrogant man looks down on others, and with lowered eyelids hardly condescends to see them. 1927 F. M. Thrasher Gang iv. xxii. 523 The ‘dethroning’ of an arrogant gang leader known as ‘the king’. 1958 C. Achebe Things fall Apart xx. 156 These court messengers were greatly hated in Umuofia because they were foreigners and also arrogant and high-handed. 2012 J. Tomsky Heads in Beds iii. 64 This arrogant prick thought meeting him was my dream come true. 2. Of an act, assumption, utterance, etc.: characterized by, resulting from, or revealing arrogance. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [adjective] > specifically of conduct arrogant1529 ruffling1531 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f. xxii Obstynate rebellyouse mynde agaynst all lawes rule and gouernaunce wyth arrogante presumpcyon to medle wyth euery mannys substaunce. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 12 Some..juge al vyce & vertue only to consiste in the opinyon of man, wych ys arrogant blyndnes. 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. iv. sig. H I do hate these bumbaste wits, That are puft vp with arrogant conceit. 1698 R. South 12 Serm. III. 180 The Arrogant Assertions of Self-Justiciaries on the one hand, and the wild Opinions of the Antinomians on the other. 1704 T. Goodwin Hist. Reign Henry Fifth vi. 248 The Duke..by his Pride and arrogant Deportment had pull'd this sad Fate upon his own Head. 1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord 34 It would be a most arrogant presumption in me to assume to myself the glory of what belongs to his Majesty. 1857 ‘F. Fern’ Fresh Leaves 322 The overbearing and undeserved rebuke of arrogant assumption? 1876 Catholic World June 388/1 This..arrogant rejection by pedantic orthodoxists of facts that seemingly conflicted with accepted views. 1920 Painter & Decorator June 220/2 I speak for..the unpartaking victims of your arrogant efficiency. 2006 Managem. Today Jan. 76/3 His arrogant attitude to his staff..was demotivating his support team. B. n. An arrogant person; one who behaves in a presumptuous or supercilious way. Also with the and plural agreement: those who are arrogant; arrogant people regarded as a class. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [noun] > person surquidour1393 arrogant1489 ruffler1536 swingebreech1581 insolenta1616 Junker1849 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. ii. sig. Aii^v To represse the arrogaunts. 1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 78 In the rebuk of chief arrogantis. 1594 J. Stockwood tr. L. Daneau Fruitfull Comm. Twelue Small Prophets ii. 6 Plato in Charmide seemeth to make a difference betweene those that are indeede Fore-shewers, whome hee calleth Prophets, and those which for ostentation or vaine glories sake doe fore-tell things to come, whome hee calleth Arrogants. 1668 J. Howe Blessednesse of Righteous xii. 219 Proud arrogants formed, by necessity and misery, into humble supplicants. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables xviii. 19 But Good Council is cast away, upon the Arrogant, the Self-conceited, or the stupid. ?1708 Fair Play for One's Life 6 The young Arrogants now raise themselves by insulting their improv'd Learning, their Observations of the Happy, or ill Success of the various Methods and Medicines in all kinds of Diseases. 1769 D'Alenzon tr. ‘Hoamchi-Vam’ Bonze I. 152 He cast the arrogants into prison. 1843 Ohio Statesman 31 May The whole country knew that our claim to the ‘disputed territory’, (as it had been called in courtesy to British arrogants,) was founded in right. 1899 Huddersfield Chron. 1 July 10/2 They had driven two good nails into the coffins of the arrogants. 1965 Observer 17 Oct. 40/5 There were superb specimens of the Silver-Haired Pinstripe, the Moustached Arrogants (the most common variety)..and other famous Tory types. 1990 Daughters of Sarah Jan. 6/1 The humble will triumph and the arrogant be brought down. 1996 N. Davies Europe 17 These words are a standing rebuke to anyone who would lump all ‘Western imperialists’ into the same gang of arrogants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1405
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