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overweening

Pronunciation: /əʊvəˈwiːnɪŋ/

The English word “overweening” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Unduly confident; (sometimes also) arrogant.
  2. Exaggerated, excessive.

noun

  1. An excessively high opinion of oneself or one’s abilities; presumption, arrogance.

Etymology

From Middle English overweninge, equivalent to overween + -ing. Cognate with obsolete Dutch overwanig, overwaand (“presumptuous; cocky; conceited”).

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