prefident
English
Etymology
Compare Latin praefidens (“overconfident”). See pre- and confident.
Adjective
prefident (comparative more prefident, superlative most prefident)
- (obsolete) Trusting beforehand; overconfident.
- 1689, Richard Baxter, A treatise of knowledge and love compared in two parts
- If the Pastors themselves were not prefident and presumptuous over-valuers of their own apprehensions!
- 1689, Richard Baxter, A treatise of knowledge and love compared in two parts
References
- prefident in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913