outrecuidance

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I recollect nothing of this beyond the fact of meeting Mr. Wollaston; and except for Sir Charles's distinct assurance as to "all four," I should have thought my outrecuidance was probably a counterblast to

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  1. Overweening presumption; arrogant or insulting conduct. Some think, my lord, it hath given you addition of pride and outrecuidance. Chapman, Monsieur D'Olive, iv. 1. It is a strange outrecuidance; your humour too much redoundeth. B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, v. 2.

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  1. F. (= Italian oltracotanza, oltracuitanza), from outre, beyond, + Old French cuider = Italian cuitare, think, from Latin cogitare, think: see cogitate.
 

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