Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - cocksure
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Someone who is cocksure is so confident and sure of their abilities that they annoy other people. (OLD-FASHIONED) = cocky ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: probably from 1cock + sure Date: 1608 1. feeling perfect assurance sometimes on inadequate grounds 2. marked by overconfidence or presumptuousness ; cocky Synonyms: see sure • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 presumptuously or arrogantly confident. 2 (foll. by of, about) absolutely sure. Derivatives cocksurely adv. cocksureness n. Etymology: cock = God + SURE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. (of, about) разг. уверенный (в чем-л.) 2. разг. самоуверенный 3. разг. неизбежный (о событии) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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{adj.} Overconfident; very sure. * /Paul was cocksure that it wasn 't going to snow, but it snowed so much that we had to dig our way out of the house./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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