驕きょう恣し

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Meanings

arrogance and self-indulgence; being proud and willful

Describes a person who is haughty and acts according to their own desires without regard for others. A formal, somewhat literary term.

彼かれの驕きょう恣しな態たい度どが周しゅう囲いの反はん感かんを買かった。
His arrogant and self-willed attitude earned the resentment of those around him.
驕きょう恣しに振ふる舞まう者ものは、いずれ孤こ立りつする。
Those who behave with arrogance and self-indulgence will eventually become isolated.

Kanji

驕pride, haughtiness
恣selfish, arbitrary
肆four

Related words

傲ごう慢まん
傲慢 is a more common word for 'arrogance' or 'haughtiness', while 驕恣 emphasizes willfulness and self-indulgence alongside pride.
我わが儘まま
我儘 means 'selfishness' or 'willfulness' in a broader, everyday sense, whereas 驕恣 is a formal, literary term combining pride with self-willed behavior.

Written forms

驕きょう恣し
Standard kanji form; 驕 means 'pride' and 恣 means 'selfish, arbitrary'.
驕きょう肆し
Variant kanji form; 肆 can mean 'self-indulgent' or 'unrestrained', but this spelling is less common.

Etymology

The exact derivation is uncertain; the spelling 驕恣 is conventionally associated with the meaning of pride and self-indulgence, using characters that reflect those concepts.