overweening

Bedeutung (Englisch)

overween

  1. To think too highly or arrogantly of (oneself).
  2. To make or render arrogant and overweening.
  3. To overwhelm.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/əʊvəˈwiːnɪŋ/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

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

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