PRESUMPTUOUS

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
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Full of presumption; presuming; overconfident or venturesome; audacious; rash; taking liberties unduly; arrogant; insolent; as, a presumptuous commander; presumptuous conduct. A class of presumptuous men, whom age has not made cautious, nor adversity wise. Buckminster.

2.
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Founded on presumption; as, a presumptuous idea. "False, presumptuous hope." Milton.

3.
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Done with hold design, rash confidence, or in violation of known duty; willful. "Keep back the servant also from presumptuous sins." Ps. xix. 13.