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COCKSURE
cocksure, overconfident, positive
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
cocksure (comparative more cocksure, superlative most cocksure)
(informal) too confident; overconfident
Source: Wiktionary
Cock"sure`, a.
1. Perfectly safe. [Obs.] We steal as in a castle, cocksure: . . . we walk invisible. Shak.
2. Quite certain. [Colloq.] I throught myself cocksure of the horse which he readily promised me. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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