different between overweeningly vs overweening

English

Etymology

overweening +? -ly

Adverb

overweeningly (comparative more overweeningly, superlative most overweeningly)

1. In an overweening way; arrogantly.
   • 2005, France Kuffel, Size and Sensibility, in Psychology Today (volume 38, issue 1, page 64)

     At size 8, I had to admit, I was so self-conscious (and secretly, overweeningly proud of it) that often that was all I was.

English

Alternative forms

• over-weening

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??v??wi?n??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /o?v??win??/
• Rhymes: -i?n??

Etymology 1

From Middle English overweninge, equivalent to overween +? -ing. Cognate with obsolete Dutch overwanig, overwaand (“presumptuous; cocky; conceited”).

Adjective

overweening (comparative more overweening, superlative most overweening)

1. Unduly confident; arrogant

   She wins one modeling contest in Montana and suddenly she’s overweening.

   Synonyms: presumptuous, conceited

   • 1870, Carl Schurz, George H. Thomas Eulogy

     No success rendered him overweening and no disaster was ever known to stagger his firmness.

   • 1908, Frederic Bancroft and William A. Dunning, A Sketch of Carl Schurz’s Political Career

     The Senate was displaying an overweening hauteur as if it were the government.

2. Exaggerated, excessive.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English overweninge, equivalent to overween +? -ing.

Noun

overweening (countable and uncountable, plural overweenings)

1. (now rare) An excessively high opinion of oneself or one’s abilities; presumption, arrogance.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

overweening

1. present participle of overween