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cocksure

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cock·sure  (kkshr)
adj.
1. Completely sure; certain.
2. Too sure; overconfident.
cocksurely adv.
cocksureness n.
cocksure
Adjective
overconfident or arrogant [origin unknown]
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Adj.1.cocksure - marked by excessive confidence; "an arrogant and cocksure materialist"; "so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen"; "the less he knows the more positive he gets"
overconfident, positive
confident - having or marked by confidence or assurance; "a confident speaker"; "a confident reply"; "his manner is more confident these days"; "confident of fulfillment"
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cocksure cock


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For in a desire to win quickly and to win much I can see nothing sordid; I have always applauded the opinion of a certain dead and gone, but cocksure, moralist who replied to the excuse that " one may always gamble moderately ", by saying that to do so makes things worse, since, in that case, the profits too will always be moderate.
The Gambler by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
And Sophia Antonovna's cocksure and contemptuous "some police-hound" was characteristically Russian in another way.
Under Western Eyes by Conrad, Joseph View in context
What an immense joke if Verloc had simply made fools of the whole of Europe, of the revolutionary world, of the police, of the press, and of the cocksure Professor as well.
The Secret Agent by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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