overconfident

[oh-ver-kon-fi-duhnt] Origin

o·ver·con·fi·dent

[oh-ver-kon-fi-duhnt]
adjective
too confident.

Origin:
1610–20; over- + confident

o·ver·con·fi·dence, noun
o·ver·con·fi·dent·ly, adverb


cocksure, brash, arrogant, reckless, heedless.

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Overconfident has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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overconfident (ˌəʊvəˈkɒnfɪdənt)
 
adj
excessively confident
 
over'confidence
 
n

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overconfident
1617, from over + confident.
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