01 a. Making, or having the disposition to make, exorbitant claims of rank or estimation; giving one's self an undue degree of importance; assumi…
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1.
Making, or having the disposition to make, exorbitant claims of rank or estimation; giving one's self an undue degree of importance; assuming; haughty; -- applied to persons.“Arrogant Winchester, that haughty prelate.” — Shak.
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Containing arrogance; marked with arrogance; proceeding from undue claims or self-importance; -- applied to things; as, arrogant pretensions or behavior.
Syn.
Magisterial; lordly; proud; assuming; overbearing; presumptuous; haughty. See Magisterial.