单词 | overweened |
释义 | overweenedadj. Conceited, overweening; arrogant, presumptuous. 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 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 8 Their owne ouerweend conceit. 1622 T. Stoughton Christians Sacrifice viii. 107 Many..are so ouer-weened and puft vp with a conceit of their owne knowledge. 1646 G. Buck Hist. Life Richard III i. 15 Presuming upon the strength of it [sc. his castle] and the peoples affection, but over-weaned in his opinion and hope. 1982 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 1: U.S.S.R. (B.B.C.) 23 Aug. SU/7111/A4/5 The horrible crimes staged by the overweened Israeli aggressors. 1999 TASS (Nexis) 10 Sept. The participants in the rally demanded to ‘stay the overweened extremists who are ready to plunge the republic into an abyss of an ethnic war’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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