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单词 presumptious
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presumptiousadj.adv.

Brit. /prᵻˈzʌm(p)ʃəs/, U.S. /priˈzəm(p)ʃəs/, /prəˈzəm(p)ʃəs/
Forms: late Middle English presomtywouse, late Middle English presumpcious, late Middle English presumpcius, late Middle English presumpcyous, late Middle English presumptius, late Middle English presumptyous, late Middle English presumtywous, late Middle English–1600s presumpteous, late Middle English– presumptious, 1500s presumptiouse, 1500s presumteous, 1500s–1600s presumtious; Scottish pre-1700 presumpteous, pre-1700 presumptius, pre-1700 1700s– presumptious.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French presumptious; Latin praesumptiosus.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman presumptious, presumtious, Middle French presumpcieus, presumpcieux, presumptieux (1212 or earlier in Anglo-Norman) and its etymon post-classical Latin praesumptiosus full of presumption, audacious, arrogant (5th cent.) < classical Latin praesumptiō presumption n. + -ōsus -ous suffix; compare -ious suffix. Compare Old Occitan presumpcios (15th cent.). Compare earlier presumptuous adj.
= presumptuous adj. 1. In quot. 1596 as adv.
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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
?a1450 ( J. Lydgate Serpent of Division (McClean) (1911) 52 (MED) This same Pompey..dredynge..lest þat Iulius wolde, of presumpcious pride, vsurpe by tiranie to take vppon him þe lordschip..of Rome.
c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 199 (MED) By predicacions and exhortinge of presumpcious clerkes, it hath ben put in myn earis.
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 160 (MED) Kynge Dauy..founde ham aftyr, when they were full woxen, Prowte, onreuli, fiers, and presumpteous.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 3847 Machaon, the mody kyng, was..Proude & presumptius.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) i. 15 Princis..becummis ambitius ande presumpteous, throucht grite superfluite of veltht.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 71 Mair arrogantlie, presumpteous, and mair proudlie, than was decent.
1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus i. vi. 482 What slimie bold presumtious groome is he?
1662 R. Mathews Unlearned Alchymist (new ed.) §81. 108 People desperately presumptious both to abuse themselves and me.
1718 C. Gildon Compl. Art Poetry I. 51 Nor let anyone think the Comparison to be presumptious to put the highest Point of Man's Wit in Ballance with the Efficacy of Nature.
1815 Zeluca II. 248 The growth of presumptious hopes.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt II. xxii. 111 His father believed it was gospel truth, and it's presumptious to say it wasn't.
1890 Atlanta (Georgia) Constit. 30 Mar. 16/3 If it would not be out of place, unbecoming, or presumptious to say something about a possible candidate.., I would like to do so.
1936 Sun (Baltimore) 23 Sept. 1/4 I think it is highly presumptious for you to come in here and place yourself on a pedestal above other American citizens.
1975 Gramophone Oct. 744/3 It may seem presumptious to suggest that it could be improved.
2003 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 22 Mar. I bridled at a presumptious advertisement in the publication which claimed that ‘St. Patrick may well have been the most influential Ulster-Scot in history.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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