overweening

Definition

Unduly confident; arrogant.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "She wins one modeling contest in Montana and suddenly she’s overweening."
• "Heere's an ouer-weening rogue."
• "The offer freely given was freely accepted, this gentleman already standing high in their opinion from his conduct to the Count; nor could they doubt that Lady Anne had lost herself many years of pleasant, and probably profitable intercourse with him, from her own acrimony of temper and overweening pride of manners;[…]"