different between arrogance vs boldness

English

Alternative forms

• arrogaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English arrogaunce, from Middle French arrogance, from Latin arrogantia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ?.?.??ns/, /?æ?.o?.??ns/

Noun

arrogance (usually uncountable, plural arrogances)

1. The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:arrogance.

Antonyms

• servility

Related terms

• arrogancy
• arrogant
• arrogate
• arrogation

Translations

Further reading

• arrogance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• arrogance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

From Latin arrogantia.

Noun

arrogance f (plural arrogances)

1. arrogance

Related terms

• arrogant

Further reading

• “arrogance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle English boldnesse, equivalent to bold +? -ness. Cognate with Scots baldness, bauldness (“boldness”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bo?ldn?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b??ldn?s/
• Hyphenation: bold?ness

Noun

boldness (usually uncountable, plural boldnesses)

1. The state of being bold; courage.
   • 1906, Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill

     Then he warmed to it, and smoothly set out all his shifts, malices, and treacheries, his extreme boldnesses (he was desperate bold); his retreats, shufflings, and counterfeitings (he was also inconceivably a coward) […]

2. presumptuousness
3. (typography) The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:courage

Translations

Anagrams

• bondless