Middle English Dictionary Entry
surquidaunce n.
Entry Info
| Forms | surquidaunce n. Also surquedaunce. |
| Etymology | OF sorcuidance, surquidance. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Arrogance, presumption; also, presumptuousness, overconfidence [1st quot].
Associated quotations
- ?a1450(1422) Lydg.SD (McC 182)56/10 : Þei..þowȝte hem so assured in here felicite þat þei myȝte not..be perturbed, And..þorowȝe false surquedaunce þei were made so wilfull þat none liste to obeyen oþer.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)17/15 : Syngulertee..is þe first synne þat scheweþ surquidaunce [Ayenb.: ouer-weninge] in deede.