overweening

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

OVERWEE'NING, participle present tense 1. Thinking too highly or conceitedly. 2. adjective That thinks too highly, particularly of one's self; conceited; vain; as overweening pride; an overweening brain.
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