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Vinony

cocksure

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Probably from cock (“rooster”) + sure, early 16th c.

  1. Too confident; overconfident.

    “I thought myself cocksure of his horse, which he readily promis'd me.”

    “The persistence of the Past is one of those tragicomic blessings which each new age denies, coming cocksure on to the stage to mouth its claim to a perfect novelty.”