different between arrogant vs errant

English

Alternative forms

• arrogaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English arrogaunt, from Old French arrogant, from Latin arrog?ns, present active participle of arrog?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ????nt/
• (Mary–marry–merry merger)

Adjective

arrogant (comparative more arrogant, superlative most arrogant)

1. Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.

   Synonyms: authoritarian, cocky, conceited, condescending, disdainful, haughty, high-handed, narcissistic, overbearing, presumptuous, supercilious, proud, vain

   Antonyms: servile, humble, modest

Usage notes

• Said of people, statements, etc.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:arrogant

Derived terms

• arrogantly

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• tarragon

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin arrog?ns.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?.ro??ant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?.ru??an/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.ro??ant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

arrogant (masculine and feminine plural arrogants)

1. arrogant

Derived terms

• arrogantment

Related terms

• arrogància

Further reading

• “arrogant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “arrogant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “arrogant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “arrogant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Adjective

arrogant

1. arrogant

Inflection

Related terms

• arrogance

References

• “arrogant” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French arrogant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.ro????nt/
• Hyphenation: ar?ro?gant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

arrogant (comparative arroganter, superlative arrogantst)

1. arrogant

Inflection

Related terms

• arrogantie

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.??.???/
• Homophone: arrogants

Adjective

arrogant (feminine singular arrogante, masculine plural arrogants, feminine plural arrogantes)

1. arrogant

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?o??ant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

arrogant (comparative arroganter, superlative am arrogantesten)

1. arrogant

Declension

Derived terms

• Arroganz

Related terms

• vigilant

Further reading

• “arrogant” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

arrogant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of arrog?

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Adjective

arrogant (masculine arroganten, neuter arrogant, comparative méi arrogant, superlative am arrogantsten)

1. arrogant

Declension

Swedish

Adjective

arrogant

1. arrogant

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• erraunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English erraunt, from Anglo-Norman erraunt, from Old French errant, from Latin errans (“wandering”). Doublet of arrant.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /????nt/
• Homophone: arrant (in accents with the Mary–marry–merry merger)

Adjective

errant (comparative more errant, superlative most errant)

1. Straying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits.
2. Wandering; roving around.
3. Prone to making errors; misbehaved.

   We ran down the street in pursuit of the errant dog.

4. (proscribed) Utter, complete (negative); arrant.

Usage notes

Sometimes arrant (“utter, complete”) is considered simply an alternative spelling and pronunciation of errant, though most authorities distinguish them, reserving errant to mean “wandering” and using it after the noun it modifies, notably in “knight errant”, while using arrant to mean “utter”, in a negative sense, and before the noun it modifies, notably in “arrant knaves”.

Etymologically, arrant arose as a variant of errant, but the meanings have long since diverged. Both terms are primarily used in set phrases (which may be considered cliché) and, since they are easily confused, some authorities suggest against using either.

Synonyms

• (utter, complete): arrant (generally distinguished; see usage)

Derived terms

• knight-errant
• arrant

Translations

Noun

errant (plural errants)

1. A knight-errant.

References

• “errant”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, ?ISBN
• Paul Brians (May 17, 2016) , “arrant/errant”, in Common Errors in English Usage?^[3]
• William Safire (January 22, 2006) , “On Language: Arrant Nonsense”, in New York Times?^[4]
• “errant, arrant”, in Merriam–Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage?^[5], 1995, page 406

Anagrams

• Ranter, Ratner, Terran, ranter, terran

French

Etymology

From Old French errant, from Latin err?ns, err?ntem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.???/

Verb

errant

1. present participle of errer

Adjective

errant (feminine singular errante, masculine plural errants, feminine plural errantes)

1. wandering, stray
2. errant (clarification of this definition is needed)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rentra

Latin

Verb

errant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of err?

Old French

Etymology

Present participle of errer (“to wander”), from Latin iter? (“I travel; I voyage”) rather than from err?, which is the ancestor of the other etymology of error (“to err; to make an error”).

Adjective

errant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular errant or errante)

1. wandering; nomadic

Descendants

• English: errant
• French: errant