Etymology

prefident

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Today it means: Trusting beforehand; overconfident. Full definition →

Latin praefidens
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  1. Latin · derived frompraefidens“overconfident”
  2. English todayprefident

Compare Latin praefidens (“overconfident”). See pre- and confident.

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