arrogance

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• arrogaunce (obsolete)

From Middle English arrogaunce, from Middle French arrogance, from Latin arrogantia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈæɹ.ə.ɡəns/, /ˈæɹ.oʊ.ɡəns/

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arrogance (usually uncountable, plural arrogances)

1. The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.

• See also Thesaurus:arrogance.

• servility

• arrogancy
• arrogant
• arrogate
• arrogation

• “arrogance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “arrogance”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Via French arrogance, Derived from Latin arrogantia.

• IPA^(key): [ɑoˈɡɑŋsə]

arrogance c (singular definite arrogancen, not used in plural form)

1. arrogance

   Coordinate terms: hovmod, højrøvethed, hovenhed

• “arrogance” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Latin arrogantia.

• IPA^(key): /a.ʁɔ.ɡɑ̃s/
• Hyphenation: a‧rro‧gance

arrogance f (plural arrogances)

1. arrogance

   Synonyms: orgueil, superbe

• “arrogance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.