Ar"ro*gance (?), n. [F., fr. L.
arrogantia, fr. arrogans. See Arrogant.] The act
or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner;
that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity,
estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person
to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness;
self-assumption; presumption.
I hate not you for her proud arrogance.
Shak.
Syn. -- Haughtiness; hauteur; assumption; lordliness;
presumption; pride; disdain; insolence; conceit; conceitedness. See
Haughtiness.