单词 | presumptuousness |
释义 | preˈsumptuousness [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being presumptuous; groundless self-confidence; over-bold forwardness.
c1420Chron. Vilod. 2810 Ny suche presumpsuisnas vpone here take. c1490Promp. Parv. 412/2 (MS. K.) Presumptuowsnes, presumptuositas. 1535Coverdale 1 Sam. xvii. 28, I knowe thy presumptuousnesse well ynough, and the wickednesse of thine hert: for thou art come downe to se the battayll. 1688Bunyan Jerus. Sinner Saved (1700) 98 This presumptuousness is a very heinous thing in the eyes of God. 1802Edin. Rev. I. 201 It seems to be the business of philosophy..to restrain the presumptuousness of the theorist. 1882A. W. Ward in Macm. Mag. XLVI. 425 One thing..may be asserted without presumptuousness. |

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