Definitions for: Cocksure


[adj] marked by excessive confidence; "an arrogant and cocksure materialist"; "so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen"; "the less he knows the more positive he gets"



Webster (1913) Definition: Cock"sure`, a.
1. Perfectly safe. [Obs.]

We steal as in a castle, cocksure: . . . we walk
invisible. --Shak.

2. Quite certain. [Colloq.]

I thought myself cocksure of the horse which he
readily promised me. --Pope.

Synonyms: confident, overconfident, positive

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