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• arrogaunt (obsolete)

語源

From 中期英語 arrogaunt, from Old French arrogant, from Latin arrogāns, present active participle of arrogō.

発音

• (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA: /ˈæɹ.ə.ɡənt/
• (Mary–marry–merry merger, 米国発音, Canada) IPA: /ˈɛɹ.ə.ɡənt/

形容詞

arrogant (comparative more arrogant, superlative most arrogant)

1. Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.

   Synonyms: authoritarian, cocky, conceited, condescending, disdainful, egotistical, high-handed, narcissistic, overbearing, presumptuous, supercilious, stuck up, proud, vain

   Antonyms: servile, humble, modest

   sound arrogant

   an arrogant assumption

   seem arrogant to others

   He was too arrogant to admit his mistake.

   Her arrogant attitude alienated the team.

   • 1878, Friedrich Nietzsche, Wanting to be Loved:

     The demand to be loved is the greatest of all arrogant presumptions.

   • 1987, Sam Donaldson, Hold On, Mr President!:

     Call me a braggart, call me arrogant. People at ABC (and elsewhere) have called me worse. But when you need the job done on deadline, you’ll call me.

   • 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53:

     Transport Minister Marples, meanwhile, used arrogant rhetoric and showed his personal contempt for railways when confirming in Parliament that a third of the network was to be closed even before the survey results were known.

使用する際の注意点

• Said of people, statements, etc.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:arrogant

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Further reading

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

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• tarragon