outrecuidance
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French outrecuidance (whence modern French outrecuidance), from outre + cuidier (“think”), from Latin cogitare.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
outrecuidance (uncountable)
- (archaic) Presumption, arrogance, self-conceit.
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
- “It is full time,” said De Bracy, “that the outrecuidance of these peasants should be restrained by some striking example.”
- 1897, Rudyard Kipling, .007:
- “But, with my constitution and temperament - my work lies in Boston - I find your outrecuidance -"
French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French, from outre + cuidier (“think”), from Latin cogitare.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
outrecuidance f (plural outrecuidances)
Further reading edit
- “outrecuidance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.