overweeningnessn.

Brit.

/ˌəʊvəˈwiːnɪŋnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈwinɪŋnᵻs/

Forms: see overweening adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overweening adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < overweening adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality of being overweening.

ΘΚΠ

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

1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 28 By turning our fingers home vpon our selues..make our selues for ouer-weeningnesse, the ordinary by-word of other mens tongues.

1872 W. Jackson Philos. of Nat. Theol. 140 She has been to blame for..the overweeningness of her pretensions.

1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 390 It is over-weeningness and self-confident will that are the chief notes of Macaulay's style.

1949 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 12 375 The overweeningness of T'agudar and his devastations.

1974 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Direadh I in Compl. Poems (1994) II. 1163 To gorge them with vainglory, Overweeningness and emptiness!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overweeningness
释义	overweeningnessn. Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈwiːnɪŋnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈwinɪŋnᵻs/ Forms: see overweening adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overweening adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < overweening adj. + -ness suffix. The quality of being overweening. ΘΚΠ 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 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 28 By turning our fingers home vpon our selues..make our selues for ouer-weeningnesse, the ordinary by-word of other mens tongues. 1872 W. Jackson Philos. of Nat. Theol. 140 She has been to blame for..the overweeningness of her pretensions. 1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 390 It is over-weeningness and self-confident will that are the chief notes of Macaulay's style. 1949 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 12 375 The overweeningness of T'agudar and his devastations. 1974 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Direadh I in Compl. Poems (1994) II. 1163 To gorge them with vainglory, Overweeningness and emptiness! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1621
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