overweening

Meanings

Adjective

Unduly confident; arrogant
Exaggerated, excessive.

Noun

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

Verb

Present participle of overween

Origin

From Middle English overweninge, equivalent to overween + -ing. Cognate with obsolete Dutch overwanig, overwaand.
From Middle English overweninge, equivalent to overween + -ing.

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