单词 | presumptious |
释义 | presumptiousadj.adv. = presumptuous adj. 1. In quot. 1596 as adv. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.adv.?a1450 |
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