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outrecuidance arch.|utrəkɥidɑ̃s, uːtəˈkwiːdəns|
Also 5–6 oultre-, -cuyd-, -quyd-, 6 -cuid-, -a(u)nce, 5 utterquidaunce, 6 ultrequed-, 7 outercuidance.
[a. F. outrecuidance (12–13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), f. outrecuider (12th c.), f. outre beyond, to excess + cuider to think, plume oneself:—L. cōgitāre to think.]
Excessive self-esteem; overweening self-confidence or self-conceit; arrogance; conceit, presumption.
1435in Wars Eng. in France (Rolls) II. 584 Grete pride and outrecuidaunce, and setting noo store be none othere mannes frenshipe. c1495Epitaffe etc. in Skelton's Wks. (1843) II. 392 Sore may thou rue thy vtterquidaunce. 1524St. Papers Hen. VIII, IV. 255 She shal remayne in over-moche estymacion and oultrecuidance of her self. 1599Broughton's Let. ii. 10 To such an outrecuidance hath your self-conceit caried you. a1652Brome Mad Couple i. i. Wks. 1873 I. 5 Therein was your outrecuidance. 1819Scott Ivanhoe ix, It is full time..that the outrecuidance of these peasants should be restrained. 1888Sat. Rev. 18 Aug. 195/2 Admiral Hornby has rebuked the outrecuidance of English⁓men who seemed to think so. |