overweening

Meaningbe arrogant

Common meaning: excessively confident or arrogant

overweeningbe arrogantSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 411 · scan

Journey through time

Old Englishoferwenian‘be arrogant’source
Middle Englishoverweninde‘arrogant’source
Englishoverweening‘excessively confident or arrogant’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old English oferwenian ‘be arrogant’.

Roots

oferwenian Old English “be arrogant”

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