† self-confidingadj.
Obsolete.
Self-confident, esp. to the point of arrogance or hubris.
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the mind > emotion > pride > excessive self-confidence > [adjective]
over-trusty?c1225
assured1477
self-wise1573
confident1600
flush1604
crested1619
sufficienta1625
self-sufficient1628
self-confiding1647
self-trustinga1660
self-secure1679
self-assured1711
cocksure1842
secure1859
self-sufficing1874
ten feet tall1962
the mind > emotion > courage > confidence > self-confidence > [adjective]
assured1477
confident1576
self-confidenta1617
empowered1646
self-confiding1647
confidential1651
self-asserting1821
sassy1859
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > [adjective] > self-confident
self-confiding1647
self-assured1668
self-possessed1766
aplomb1865
hensure1929
together1969
1647 I. H. Eng. & Scotl. Vnited 9 One Observation I mark in our Adversaries, they were haughty and self-confiding men, when as we know that there is no such enemy as a patient, humble, self-denying enemy.
1654 T. Gataker Disc. Apol. 52 An haughtie, bold, out-stretching, and selfe-confiding spirit.
1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. xiii. 174 The thoughtless self-confiding train.
1793 G. Butt Poems II. 57 A rough-hewn mortal, tow'ring self-confiding.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. iii. 58 Free, and fearless, and self-confiding.
1836 Lady's Mag. & Museum Aug. 100/1 A peril which seemed to have become inevitable from the tenacity of her self-confiding coquetterie.
1929 New Eng. Q. 2 622 But that period past, each comes out with a balanced and peaceful nature, self-active and self-confiding.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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