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præsumptuous

præsumptuous is the archaic spelling of presumptuous.

Meaning of presumptuous

Adjective

presumptuous (comparative more presumptuous, superlative most presumptuous)

  1. Making unwarranted presumptions or assumptions, often out of arrogance or excessive self-confidence, and thus exceeding appropriate or rightful limits.
    • Preſumptuous Prieſt, this place cōmands my patiēce, / Or thou ſhould'ſt finde thou haſt dis-honor'd me.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of præsumptuous

comparativemore præsumptuous
superlativemost præsumptuous

Questions about præsumptuous

What is præsumptuous the archaic spelling of?
Præsumptuous is the archaic spelling of presumptuous.

Words near præsumptuous in the dictionary

  1. præsumes
  2. præsumeth
  3. præsuming
  4. præsumption
  5. præsumptions
  6. præsumptuous
  7. prætence
  8. prætences
  9. prætend
  10. prætends
  11. prætense

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Adapted from Wiktionary: præsumptuous (page history and authors); presumptuous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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