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overweenings

overweenings is the plural of overweening.

Meaning of overweening

Noun

overweening (countable and uncountable, plural overweenings)

  1. (archaic) An excessively high opinion of oneself or one’s abilities; presumption, arrogance.
    • Let us suppresse this over-weening [translating cuider], the first foundation of the tyrannie of the wicked spirit[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 258

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Questions about overweenings

What is overweenings the plural of?
Overweenings is the plural of overweening.

Words near overweenings in the dictionary

  1. overweener
  2. overweeners
  3. overweening
  4. overweeningly
  5. overweeningness
  6. overweenings
  7. overweens
  8. overweep
  9. overweeping
  10. overweeps
  11. overweigh

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