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单词 outrecuidance
释义

outrecuidancen.

Brit. /ˌuːtrəkwiːˈdɒ̃s/, U.S. /ˌutrəˌkwiˈdɑns/
Forms: late Middle English outrecuidaunce, late Middle English vtterquidaunce, late Middle English–1500s oultrecuydance, late Middle English–1500s oultrecuydaunce, late Middle English–1500s oultrequydance, late Middle English–1500s outrequydance, 1500s oltreqedance, 1500s oultrecuidance, 1500s oultrecuidaunce, 1500s outrequydaunce, 1500s owtherquedaunce, 1500s ultraquidance, 1500s ultrequedance, 1500s ultrequidance, 1500s–1600s 1800s– outrecuidance, 1600s outercuidance, 1600s outrequodance, 1600s owtherquedance.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French outrecuidance.
Etymology: < Middle French outrecuidance, oultrecuidance, outrequidance (French outrecuidance ; 12th–13th cent. in Old French) < outrecuider (12th cent.; < outre beyond, excessively (see outrance n.) + cuider to think, plume oneself < classical Latin cōgitāre cogitate v.) + -ance -ance suffix.With the Middle English form vtterquidaunce compare outrance n., utterance n.2 and discussion at these entries. N.E.D. (1904) also gives the pronunciation (ūtəɹkwī·dăns) /uːtəˈkwiːdəns/.
Now rare.
Excessive self-esteem; overweening self-confidence; arrogance, presumption; conceit.
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the mind > emotion > pride > overweening or presumption > [noun]
presumptiona1250
overweena1300
jollitya1340
overweening1340
overhopec1390
surfeitryc1425
presumptuousnessa1450
outrecuidance?c1450
sauciness1534
presumptiousness1550
presume1590
confidence1597
assuming1602
self-assumption1609
overweeningness1621
self-assuming1644
assumingnessa1832
assumptiousness1870
hubris1884
hybris1920
?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 87 (MED) A mon..was hanged atte his yate, and his seuene children, and all thorugh his pride and oultrecuydance.
?c1475 ( in J. Stevenson Lett. & Papers Illustr. Wars Eng. in France (1864) II. 584 The levynge of soche alliaunces is done of grete pride and outrecuidaunce, and setting noo store be none othere mannes frenshipe.
1496 Epit. Iaspar Late Duke of Beddeforde (Pynson) sig. aivv Sore may thou rue thy vtterquidaunce.
1524 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 255 She shal remayne in over-moche estymacion and oultrecuidance of her self.
1541 in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VIII. 545 He made..protestation, that the same..passed him..only uppon wilfulness and ultraquidance, which he confessed had been in him.
1599 Master Broughtons Lett. Answered ii. 10 To such an outrecuidance hath your selfe-conceit caried you.
1631 E. Stanhope Let. in Hist. Jrnl. (1964) 7 313 Alass, why doe thinke out of an outrequodance that you are able to cast such a fogg, such a myst before the eyes of all men?
a1652 R. Brome Madd Couple Well Matcht i. i, in Wks. (1873) I. 5 Therein was your outrecuidance.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. x. 191 It is full time..that the outrecuidance of these peasants should be restrained.
1867 ‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags ii The light fell full on his handsome face, with its fair hue and its gentle languor on which there was not a single trace of the outrecuidance attributed to him.
1888 Sat. Rev. 18 Aug. 195/2 Admiral Hornby has rebuked the outrecuidance of Englishmen who seemed to think so.
1919 Times 16 Aug. 14/1 At first he thought that the original clause was inserted by the majority of the House of Commons out of pure arrogance and outrecuidance and a determination to stamp upon Church feeling.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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