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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overweening \O`ver*ween"ing\, a.
Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited. --
{O`ver*ween"ingly}, adv --Milton. -- {O`ver*ween"ing*ness},
n.
Here's an overweening rogue. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overweening \O`ver*ween"ing\, n.
Conceit; arrogance. --Milton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
overweening
adj 1: unrestrained in especially feelings; "extravagant praise";
"exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition";
"overweening greed" [syn: {excessive}, {extravagant},
{exuberant}]
2: presumptuously arrogant; "had a witty but overweening
manner"; "no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet;
"getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"-
NY Times [syn: {uppity}]
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