单词 | super-arrogation |
释义 | super-arrogationn. Excessive arrogation; extreme and unwarranted assumption (of some right, power, etc.). Also: an instance of this.In early use with punning allusion to supererogation n. 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 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 13 Hee hath builded towers of Superarrogation in his owne head. 1615 J. Boys Expos. Fest. Epist. & Gospels 226 They be works of supererogation, or if you will, happily workes of superarrogation. 1693 Oxford-act 21 I come uncall'd, without a Fee, Except a Drubbing on occasion Out of meer Superarrogation. 1793 N. May Serm. Hist. Joseph viii. 154 We would..be glad to purchase Heaven by works of superarrogation. 1890 J. P. Thornton Training for Health, Strength, Speed, & Agility 87 It would be super-arrogation for me to insist that the increase was due to improvement in the quality of their flesh. 1922 Surg., Gynecol. & Obstetr. 34 123 To speak further of the great work that has been accomplished by the journal..would be super-arrogation. 1981 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 455 17/1 Prosecution on a gun possession charge might be a superarrogation. 2007 S. L. Steffen 1 Sept. in Global Thinking Community (2010) xxxvii. 64 I grieve the lifelong suffering of Mother Theresa from male clerical super-arrogation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1593 |
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