ˌcockˈsureness
[f. prec. + -ness.]
Confident certainty; generally with the implication of being over-sure.
| 1878 Fraser's Mag. XVIII. 510 The fluency and the ‘cock-sure-ness’ which are rarely found in perfection in any one but an Irish Protestant. 1882 H. Quilter in Contemp. Rev. Feb. 279 The cocksureness of Macaulay. 1889 Spectator 386/1 A little cocksureness is infinitely refreshing. |