hubristicadj.
/hjuːˈbrɪstɪk/ Insolent, contemptuous.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > overweening or presumption > [adjective]
thristec897
overgartc1230
jollya1340
overweening1340
presumptuousa1398
presuming1434
presumptious?a1450
cock-horse1598
overweened1602
presumant1602
presumptive1609
self-assuming1647
presultory1652
assuming1695
pretending1727
engrossinga1797
hubristic1831
superweening1862
assumptious1878
assumptive1879
hubristical1923
1831 Let. in Russell Gladstone (1891) i. 17 The hubristic qualities of the tufted race.
1893 National Observer 30 Sept. 508/2 If it is contemptuous..to ignore the spoken word, why is it less hubristic to turn your back on the formal composition?
1904 Westm. Gaz. 6 May 2/1 These Chamberlainites are very hubristic.
1930 Punch 1 Oct. 381/2 This deleterious and delirious Dean, Who of the fount of Hippocrene Drank in a manner most hubristic.
1961 Times 18 May 17/2 It was hubristic of the band to play the National Anthem in an eighteenth century version.
Derivatives
huˈbristical adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > overweening or presumption > [adjective]
thristec897
overgartc1230
jollya1340
overweening1340
presumptuousa1398
presuming1434
presumptious?a1450
cock-horse1598
overweened1602
presumant1602
presumptive1609
self-assuming1647
presultory1652
assuming1695
pretending1727
engrossinga1797
hubristic1831
superweening1862
assumptious1878
assumptive1879
hubristical1923
1923 J. M. Murry Pencillings 272 I was feeling at my ease, perhaps even a little hubristical myself.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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adj.1831