Etymology

overweening

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Today it means: Unduly confident; (sometimes also) arrogant. Full definition →

Middle English overweninge
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overweening · adjective1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromoverweninge
  2. English todayoverweening

From Middle English overweninge, equivalent to overween + -ing. Cognate with obsolete Dutch overwanig, overwaand (“presumptuous; cocky; conceited”).

overweening · noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromoverweninge
  2. English todayoverweening

From Middle English overweninge, equivalent to overween + -ing.

overweening · verb3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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