(adj) marked by excessive confidence, Syn.positive, overconfident, Example: an arrogant and cocksure materialist; so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen; the less he knows the more positive he gets
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
We steal as in a castle, cocksure: . . . we walk invisible. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Quite certain. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
I thought myself cocksure of the horse which he readily promised me. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. overconfident; -- of people; as, the team was so cocksure of winning that they didn't practice in the week before the big game.. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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