Middle English Dictionary Entry
prēsumptiǒus adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | prēsumptiǒus adj. Also presumpteous, presumpci(o)us, presumtiwous, presomtiwous. |
| Etymology | OF presoncïos, presomptieus & L praesumptiōsus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. presumptevous adj., possibly the same word.
1.
Arrogant, overweening.
Associated quotations
- ?a1450(1422) Lydg.SD (McC 182)52/17 : This same Pompey..dredynge..lest þat Iulius wolde, of presumpcious pride, vsurpe by tiranie to take vppon him þe lordschip..of Rome.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3847 : Machaon, the mody kyng, was..Proude & presumptius.
- c1450 Lavynham Treat.7 Dead.Sins (Hrl 1288)85 : God suffres oft tymes aproude man þat is presomtywouse for to falle in to some grete opyn synne, be the whylk he xuld..be the rather euyl payd with hym self a nothertyme þat he was presumtywous.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)232/7 : Gud zele or loue of ryghtwysnes is a-countede euyl, hardy, or presumptyous dome.
- c1475 Chartier Quad.(1) (UC 85)199/16 : By predicacions and exhortinge of presumpcious clerkes, it hath ben put in myn earis.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)160/27 : Kynge Dauy..founde ham aftyr, when they were full woxen, Prowte, onreuli, fiers, and presumpteous.
- a1500 Spec.Chr.(1) (LdMisc 104)87/2 : Presumptious [vr. presumpcius; Lnsd: Proude & presumptuose spekinge].