Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

Date: 1300-1400
Origin: overween 'to be too confident' (14-19 centuries), from ween 'to think, believe' (11-20 centuries), from Old English wenan

overweening

 adjective
     
o‧ver‧ween‧ing formal
too proud and confident - used to show disapproval [= arrogant]:
overweening ambition
—overweeningly adverb
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary