arrogancy
(ˈærəgənsɪ)
[ad. L. arrogāntia: see prec. and -ancy.]
1. The quality or state of being arrogant.
| 1529 More Supplic. Soules Wks. 290/1 Proude arrogancie vnder y⊇ name of supplicacion. 1538 Starkey England 112 A certayne arrogancy, wherby..every Jake wold be a gentylman. 1611 Bible Prov. viii. 13 Pride and arrogancie, and the euill way..doe I hate. 1718 J. Chamberlayne Relig. Philos. (1730) Pref. 19 Some Men are apt to advance such their Notions with great Arrogancy. 1856 F. Paget Owlet Owlst. 5 And I don't wish to be arrogant myself, while preaching against arrogancy. |
† 2. A piece of arrogance; an arrogant act or assumption. Obs.
| 1581 Nowell & Day in Confer. i. (1584) F b, Yet were it an intollerable arrogancie for vs to say, We fed thee when thou wast hungry. 1649 Milton Tenure Kings 10 The titles of Sovran Lord, naturall Lord, and the like, are either arrogancies, or flatteries. |