cocksure Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite marked by excessive confidence
positive; overconfident.
- an arrogant and cocksure materialist
- so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen
- the less he knows the more positive he gets
WordNet
Cock"sure` adjective
Definitions
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Perfectly safe. Obs.We steal as in a castle, cocksure: . . . we walk invisible. Shak.
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Quite certain. Colloq.I throught myself cocksure of the horse which he readily promised me. Pope.