COCKSURENESS

certitude, cocksureness, overconfidence

(noun) total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

cocksureness (usually uncountable, plural cocksurenesses)

the state or condition of being cocksure

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

5 June 2025

UNDERLAY

(verb) raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; “underlay the plate”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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