单词 | overweeningly |
释义 | overweeninglyadv. In an overweening manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > overweening or presumption > [adverb] jollily13.. presumptuouslyc1425 presumptiouslya1500 presumantlyc1536 presumingly1599 overweeningly1611 arrogatingly1652 overcomingly1653 presumptorily1681 assumingly1839 hubristically1907 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Oultrecuidamment, ouer-weeningly, presumptuously, arrogantly. 1634 C. Downing State Eccl. Kingdom 27 The Florentine is so overweaningly wise. 1836 E. S. Wortley Visionary ii. 103 Not coldly vain, nor pompously elate, Nor overweeningly fastidious. 1882 Society 30 Dec. 18/2 You are sometimes described as overweeningly self-sufficient. 1926 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 56 173 Woe betide the Zande who calls casually or overweeningly to the Supreme Being. 1960 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 32 159/1 He was overweeningly ambitious, arrogant, opinionated, egoistic, incompetent. 1992 New Republic 27 Apr. 28/2 Then comes an early-morning visit by a group of political revelers on their way home from that same party; they carouse, overweeningly, then leave. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1611 |
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