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overweening
What does overweening mean?
overweening (adjective): presumptuously arrogant.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use overweening in a sentence?
- Had a witty but overweening manner. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce overweening?
/oʊvɚˈwinɪŋ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does overweening come from?
From Middle English overweninge, equivalent to overween + -ing.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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