arrogance 
sons : as, pride, in one's country ; fli*dain of a base sugges- 
tion. I'ridi: primarily respccU tin; tL-miiuruf the ininil, not 
ht'in^ iH-ccssitrily manifested or dinvtr't towanl otliers; it 
is the general term for an unreasonable rutimatr of one s 
own superiority in any respect. As it eomes into relation 
and action, it may reeeive other titles. Thus, amyiiHf is, 
at its simplest, //n'i/.- with i-ontempt of others, and is es- 
sentially tin- ^aiin- a- >/">/,//. In at (ion, arn^/ain-t' is the 
assertion of exorbitant claims to rank, dinnity. estimation, 
homage, power, ete. /'/v.<"//i/<'/"" is often used for arrn- 
't>nn;- t but more properly expresses a self-eom-eit'-d ami 
Belt-important forwudnaM to run risks, tuku lilierties, 
and crowd in where one! does not deserve to lie. /'/<- 
xiiiniitiiM helps itself to what it wants, while rn-/-c<w/i.v 
claims (rum otliers, and feeds its grille by seeing them 
yield. I'miim/itum is less seltlsh than arminnn-, but 
more eoneeiteil and lieadstrong. Amtmption has addfil 
to its other meanings a bad sense, kindn-d topretwnpUon : 
it means a disposition to do what does not belong to one 
to do, and sometimes to claim to be more than one is. 
Iliiiighliiirfii, like ilixilnin and tiil'tim:, dwells upon the 
inferiority of others quite as much as upon its own eleva- 
tion ; it is ei|iiall.v applieahle to spirit and to manner. 
lii^liiht. is a mingling of lofty contempt with aversion, 
abhnnviirr, or imli^riation. SttJWVilioUfflMB, as befits its 
ilerivation, is ehietly applied to manner; it is a manifested 
hau^litiiit ss. lii>t''/i.-<' is exhibited not only in manner, 
but in eondnet and language ; it is pride or haughtiness, 
shown in contemptuous or overbearing treatment of oth- 
ers, especially by words; from an equal or an inferior it 
is an outrageous kind of impertinence. See impudence, 
egotism, and trcorn. 
I know you proud to bear your name, 
Your pride is yet no mate for mine, 
Too proud to care from whence I came. 
Teimi/Min, Lady Clara Vere de Vere. 
Turbulent, discontented men of quality, in proportion 
as they are pulled up with personal pride and arro-mmv, 
generally despise their own order. Burke, Rev. in France. 
But most it is presumption in us, when 
The help of Heaven we count the act of men. 
Shak., All's Well, ii. 1. 
His usual air of haughty assumption. 
Scott, Waverley, xlix. 
I own that there is a hauyhtinexit and fierceness in human 
nature which will cause innumerable broils, place men in 
what situation you please. Burke. 
Good nature produces a dudain of all baseness, vice, 
and folly. Steele, Tatler, No. 242. 
The loftiness of man shall be bowed down. Isa. ii. 17. 
Sometimes, it is true, the giraffe stoops to mammalian 
levels; but there is something so lofty even in its conde- 
scension that the very act of l>endini? enhances the hauyh- 
tineitK of its erect posture, and suggests that it does it from 
|niliey. To be always keeping state, and forever in the 
clouds, might make shorter animals accuse it of acting 
stiperciliowily. P. Robinson, Under the Sun, p. 182. 
The insolence of the aggressor is usually proportioned to 
the lameness of the sufferer. Ames, Works, II. 96. 
arrogancy (ar'o-gan-si), . [See arrogance.'] 
1. The quality of being arrogant; arrogance: 
as, "presumptuous arrogancy," North, tr. of 
Plutarch, p. 77. 
His arrogancy and his impudence, in commending his 
own things. B. Jonson, Poetaster, iv. 1. 
2. A piece of arrogance; an arrogant act. 
That most odious of all repulsive arroyancies Phari- 
seeism. Harper's Mag., LXIX. 472. 
arrogant (ar'o-gant), a. [<ME. arrogant, arro- 
gaunt, < OF. arrogant, < L. arrogan(t-)s, assum- 
ing, arrogant, insolent, ppr. of arrogare, assume, 
etc.: see arrogate.] 1. Making or having the 
disposition to make unwarrantable claims of 
rank or estimation ; giving one's self an undue 
degree of importance ; aggressively haughty ; 
full of assumption : applied to persons. 
Arrogant Winchester? that haughty prelate? 
Shak., 1 Hen. VI., i. 3. 
2. Characterized by arrogance; proceeding 
from an overestimate of one's importance or 
superiority to others: applied to things: as, 
arrogant claims. 
The speech of Themistocles, the Athenian, which was 
haughty and arrogant, in taking so much to himself, had 
been a grave and wise observation and censure, applied at 
large to others. Bacon, True Greatness. 
Surely etiquette was never maintained in a more arro- 
gant manner at the court of Louis XIV, 
Mary. Fuller, Woman in 19th Cent., p. 208. 
His [Lord Clarendon's] temper was sour, arrogant, and 
impatient of opposition. Macaulay, Hist. Eng. 
= Syn. Authoritative, Magisterial, Dogmatic, etc. (see ma- 
gisterial), proud, assuming, overbearing, presumptuous, 
supercilious, lordly, cavalier, important, swelling, bluster- 
ing, grand, disdainful, overweening. 
arrogantly (<ir'o-gant-li), adv. In an arrogant 
manner; with unclue pride and contempt of 
others ; with haughty presumption. 
Godwin and his Sons bore themselves arrogantly and 
proudly towards the King, usurping to themselves equal 
share in the Government. Milton, Hist. Eng., vi. 
arrogantness (ar'o-gant-nes), n. Arrogance. 
arrogate (ar'o-gat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. arro- 
gatcil, pj>r. arrogating. [< L. arrogatus, adro- 
gatim, pp. of arrogare, adrogarc, ask of, adopt, 
appropriate, assume, < ad, to, + rogare, ask: see 
rogation. The form adrogate is confined to the 
321 
legal sense.] 1. To claim or demand unduly 
or presumptuously; lay claim to in an over- 
hearing manner: ;is, to arrogate power or dig- 
nity to one's self. 
Who, not content 
With fair equality, fraternal state, 
Will <in'<i<i<itt' dominion umlr^rrvrd 
Over his brethren. Milt,,,,, P. I,., ill. 27. 
A man possessed of such warm imagination commands 
all nature, and ttrr<it>'< possessions uf which tin- m\ner 
has a blunter n-lish. ','"/i/xmi'*/<, Tenants of the Lea.sn\\, >. 
Even the spiritual supremacy arm:mi<'<i b> the i'ope was, 
in the dark ages, productive of far more good than rvil. 
Mni-iiulnii, Hist. Iji'j.. i. 
2. To lay claim to on behalf of another: as, 
to arrogate to the crown the privilege of issu- 
ing writs. 
To antiquity we arrogate manv things, to onrselvt s no- 
thing. Coleridyr, The Kriend, I. 12. (.V. E. D.) 
3. In lioiii. line, same as adrogate. 
abrogation (ar-o-ga'shon), . [< Li. arroga- 
tio(n-), a taking' to one's self, < arrogare, take 
to one's self: see arrogate, and cf. adro<j<ttion.~\ 
1. The act of arrogating, or making unjust or 
unwarrantable claims or demands; the act of 
taking more than one is justly entitled to. 
Where selfness is extinguished, all manner of arroyation 
must of necessity be extinct. 
Dr. II. More, Song of the Soul, p. 372, note. 
2. In 7fo/. lair, same as adrogatioii. 
arrogative (ar'o-ga-tiv), a. [(arrogate + -ire.] 
Making undue claims and pretensions; arro- 
gant. Dr. H. More. 
arrollo (a-ro'lyo), n. Same as arroyo. 
arrondi, arrondee (a-ron'di, -de), a. [< F. ar- 
rondi (fern, arrondic), rounded, pp. of arrondir, 
make round, < d (< L. ad, to) -I- rond, round: 
see round 2 .] In her., rounded off: applied to a 
bearing, especially a cross, the extremities of 
which are rounded. Also written arondic, aron- 
<1>J Battled arrondi. See battled?. Bend arrondi, 
fesse arrondi, etc. See the nouns. 
arrondissement (a-rdu-des'mon), n. [F., lit. a 
rounding, < arrondiss-, stem of certain parts of 
arrondir, make round: see arrondi.'} In France, 
the largest administrative division of a depart- 
ment. The 87 departments are divided into 362 arron- 
dissements. Each arrondissement is divided into cantons, 
and each of the latter into communes. 
arrope (a-rop' ; Sp. pron. a-ro'pa), n. [Sp. (= 
Pg. arrobc), < arropar (= Pg. arrobar), mix wine 
in a state of fermentation with boiled wine, lit. 
clothe, < ar- (< L. ad, to) + ropa = Pg. roupa, 
OPg. rouba, clothing, robe: see robe.~\ A sort 
of liquor used for increasing the body and dark- 
ening the color of sherry, made by boiling down 
must to one fifth or one sixth of its original 
quantity. 
arroset (a-roz'), v. t. [< F. arroser, sprinkle, 
water, nit. < LL. adrorare, bedew, < L. ad, to, + 
rorare, distil dew, < ros (ror-), dew.] To be- 
dew; sprinkle; wet; drench. 
The blissful dew of heaven does arrose you. 
Fletclier (and another), Two Noble Kinsmen, v. 4. 
arrosiont (a-ro'zhon), n. [< L. as if "arro- 
sio(n-), < arrodere,"pp. arrosux, gnaw at: see ar- 
rode."] A gnawing at. [Rare.] 
This arrosion of the nailes, . . . the property of men in- 
raged with choler. J. fiuJirer,Chirologia,p.l0. (N.E.D.) 
arrow (ar'6), n. [Early mod. E. also arrowe, 
arowe, < ME. arow, aro, aru, arw, aruwe, arewe, 
arwe, < AS. (1) arwe, fern., (2) earli, neut., = 
Icel. or (gen. orvar), an arrow, = Goth, deriv. 
arhwazna, a dart (Gr. /3t/tof), prob. orig. 'that 
which belongs to the bow' (a 'bow-dart' as dis- 
tinguished from a missile thrown by haudf), < 
"arhto = L. arquus, areas, a bow, whence E. 
arc 1 , arch 1 , and deriv. archer, q. v.] 1. A slen- 
der, generally pointed, missile weapon made to 
inches 
ha 
(From 
Arrows. 
1-5, from New Ireland and the Solomon group of islands. The 
longest is 4 feet 11 inches, the shortest 4 feet i inch. There are no 
feathers. In 3 the harbs are of thin shaved blades of bone ; in 4. of 
ratan , in i and 2 the barbs are made of thorns ; in 5 the bead is a 
small piece of bamboo. 6-10 are Japanese arrows of a late epoch. 
bo shot from a bow. Arrows have nearly universally 
been made with a light, straight shaft of wood, fitted 
arrow-shaped 
with feathers at the not -k mil to steady the fliKht, and 
\vUli a pointed head of various forms, often bailn ! 
to remain Mxed ill tile object pierced. 
Those used in the middle au.-s rarely 
had barb.-.l brads; sonn-tinics the head 
was flat, sometime.-* conieat, and tit- 
led to the- ,hal't like the ferrule of a 
walking >-tii-k. 'I'll.- arrow -heads of the 
Noitb \inciiran Indians were .if flint, 
obsidian, or other hard stout-, or of 
Imiie, us well as of metal, and .-n- 
oft.-n barbed. They wen- s<<ui.d to 
til'- sbalt liy lashings of hid.- or sin.-v*. 
An o\\ -licails intended to be poi>onr.i 
uamonK South Anierieuli Indians, are 
said t'i bu fastened lightly, so as to 
leave the .shaft and remain in the 
wound. The feathers attlie butt oi tin- 
shaft M-I-III to bave been ticncrally used 
in all at,''-*, and are so set, or are of such 
a form, a, to un> <<> the arrow a rotary 
mot < -iiii-nt, like that of a rifie-lmll. The 
arrow of the crossbow is called a bull or 
f/<oTi7 (which see). 
2. Anything resembling an ar- 
row, la) In turn., a small p.. int.. I 
iruli rod, or a stick shod with iron, 
stuek into the ground to mark a ehain s 
length, (li) In J'nrt., a work phi. . .1 at 
the salient angles of a glacis, coinmuni- i nc h cs long, and 
eating with the covert way. (c) A tig- has ihrcc fcatberc. 
ure used in maps, architectural draw- 
ings, etc., to indicate direction, as of 
winds, currents, rivers. In mapa, an 
arrow or half-arrow, pointing north, serves to flx the points 
of the conipa-s. (</) An arrow-shaped ornament, as for the 
hair. Broad arrow. See broad. 
arrow (ar'6), v. i. [< arrow, n.] 1. To grow 
up into a long pointed stalk like au arrow. 
The West Indian planter must prevent his sugar-canes 
from arrowing. *n,nnvnd Colonial Mag. 
2. To move swiftly, as an arrow. [Rare.] 
About an hour ago did we ... see that identical sal- 
mon . . . arrowing up the Tay. 
Blackmod't Mag., XXII. 446. 
arrow-grass (ar'6-gras), n. A common name 
of plants of the genus Triglocltin, especially 
of the common T. palwtre. It is also sometimes 
applied generally to the members of the tribe Jitncagi- 
n, '.<-, to which Triylochin belongs, now usually included in 
the natural order yaiadacpo?. 
arrow-head (ar'o-hed), i. and . I. n. 1. The 
head of an arrow. 2. An aquatic plant of the 
genus Sagittaria : so called from the shape of 
the leaves. See Sagittaria. 3. A belemuite. 
II. a. Written with arrow-headed characters : 
as, an arrow-liead inscription. 
arrow-headed (ar'6-hed'ed), a. Shaped like 
the head of 
an arrow. 
Arrow -beaded 
characters, al- 
phabetical, syl- 
labic, and ideo* 
graphic combi- 
nations of a tri- 
angular, arrow- 
head - like, or 
wedge - like fig- 
ure; hence, also 
called cuneiform 
(wedge-shaped) and nail-headed characters. See cunei- 
form. 
arrowleaf (ar'6-lef), . A South American 
aquatic plant, the Sagittaria Alontevidensis, with 
large, arrow-shaped leaves. 
arrowlet (ar'6-let), n. [< arrow + -let.] A 
little arrow. Tennyson. [Poetic.] 
arrowroot (ar'6-rot), n. [< arrow + root 1 ; 
from the use of the fresh roots or tubers to 
absorb poison from 
wounds inflicted by 
poisoned arrows.] A 
starch obtained from 
the horizontal rhi- 
zomes of several spe- 
cies of Maranta. it is 
much used as food and for 
other purposes, and is ob- 
tained from the West In- 
dies. The species from 
which arrowroot is most 
commonly made is M. 
arundinacfa, hence called 
the arrotrroot -plant. Other 
starches than that of Ma- 
ranta are occasionally sold 
under the name of arrow- 
root. Brazilian arrowroot, 
or tapioca-meal, more usu- 
ally known as cajtxapa, is 
obtained from the fleshy root of Manihot ittilinirima, after 
the poisonous juice has been removed ; East Indian ar- 
rmrroot, from the large root-stocks of Curcmna anatttti- 
folia ; Chinese arrowroot, from the creeping rhizomes of 
\eluinbium sjieciofum ; Englixh arrowroot, from the po- 
tato ; Portland arrowroot, from the conns of Arum macu- 
latum ; and Ozuvgo arrowroot, from Indian corn. 
arrow-shaped (ar'6-shapt), a. Shaped like 
an arrow ; sagittate : applied in botany to u- 
riculate lanceolate leaves which have the basal 
lobes elongated, acute, and turned downward. 
Assyrian Arrow-headed Characters. 
Arrowroot-Plant (Maranta 
arundinacea}, 
a, a, rhizomes. 
