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单词 prefident
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prefidentadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praefīdent-, praefīdēns.
Etymology: < classical Latin praefīdent-, praefīdēns trusting too much, over-confident < prae- pre- prefix +fīdēns confident, use as adjective of present participle of fīdere to trust (see faith n. and int.). Compare earlier confident adj., diffident adj., and prefidence n.
Obsolete. rare.
Overconfident, rash.
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the mind > emotion > courage > confidence > [adjective] > over-confident or presumptuous
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1689 R. Baxter Treat. Knowl. & Love Compared i. xii. 127 A hasty judger, or prefident man must be a very Weathercock, or be defiled with a Leprosie of Errour.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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