arrogancy

English

Etymology

From Latin arrogāntia.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaɹəɡənsi/
• Hyphenation: ar‧ro‧gan‧cy

Noun

arrogancy (countable and uncountable, plural arrogancies)

1. (now rare) Arrogance.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     Were it not a sottish arrogancie, that wee should thinke our selves to be the perfectest thing of this Universe?

References

• “arrogancy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.