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Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - cocksure

 
 

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Cocksure

cocksure
 adjective  Etymology: probably from 1cock + sure  Date: 1608  1. feeling perfect assurance sometimes on inadequate grounds  2. marked by overconfidence or presumptuousness ; cocky  Synonyms: see sure  • ~ly adverb  • ~ness noun
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1.
  adj. 1 presumptuously or arrogantly confident. 2 (foll. by of, about) absolutely sure. Derivatives cocksurely adv. cocksureness n. Etymology: cock = God + SURE ...
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2.
  1. (of, about) разг. уверенный (в чем-л.) 2. разг. самоуверенный 3. разг. неизбежный (о событии) ...
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3.
  Someone who is cocksure is so confident and sure of their abilities that they annoy other people. (OLD-FASHIONED) = cocky ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval ...
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4.
  ~ adj informal too confident of your abilities or knowledge, in a way that is annoying to other people  (He seemed to be rather cocksure, this young man.) ...
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5.
  {adj.} Overconfident; very sure. * /Paul was cocksure that it wasn 't going to snow, but it snowed so much that we had to dig our way out of the house./ ...
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