Etymology

outrecuidant

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Today it means: Presumptuous, arrogant, conceited. Full definition →

Old French outrecuidant ← Latin cogitare
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  1. Latin · derived fromcogitare
  2. Old French · derived fromoutrecuidant
  3. English todayoutrecuidant

From Old French outrecuidant (whence modern French outrecuidant), from outre + cuidier (“think”), from Latin cogitare.

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