outrecuidant

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uːtəˈkwiːdənt/ (or as French, below)

Adjective

outrecuidant (comparative more outrecuidant, superlative most outrecuidant)

  1. (archaic) Presumptuous, arrogant, conceited.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u.tʁə.kɥi.dɑ̃/
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Participle

outrecuidant

  1. present participle of outrecuider

Adjective

outrecuidant (feminine outrecuidante, masculine plural outrecuidants, feminine plural outrecuidantes)

  1. (literary) overweening, presumptuous

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