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cocksure

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cock⋅sure

  [kok-shoor, -shur]
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–adjective
1. perfectly sure or certain; completely confident in one's own mind: She was cocksure that she was able to do the job better than anyone else.
2. too certain; overconfident: He was so cocksure he would win the election that he didn't even bother to campaign.
3. Obsolete. perfectly secure or safe.
Origin:
1510–20; cock 1 + sure

Related forms:
cocksurely, adverb
cocksureness, noun

Synonyms:
1. cocky, arrogant, conceited.
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cock·sure   (kŏk'shŏŏr')   
adj.  

  1. Completely sure; certain.

  2. Too sure; overconfident.

cock'sure'ly adv., cock'sure'ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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