arrogant vs lofty

arrogant

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

lofty

adj
  • extremely proud; arrogant; haughty 

  • high, tall, having great height or stature 

  • idealistic, implying over-optimism 

How often have the words arrogant and lofty occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )