presumptuous

presumptuous

English

Alternative forms

• præsumptuous (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English presumptuous, borrowed from Old French presumptieus, presumpcieus, presumptuos, from Latin praesumptuosus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈzʌmp.tʃuː.əs/, /pɹəˈzʌmp.tjuː.əs/, (informal) /pɹəˈzʌmp.ʃəs/[1]
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈzʌmpt͡ʃuəs/, /pɹiˈzʌmpt͡ʃuəs/, (informal) /pɹəˈzʌmp.ʃəs/

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Adjective

presumptuous (comparative more presumptuous, superlative most presumptuous)

1. Going beyond what is right, proper, or appropriate because of an excess of self-confidence or arrogance.

Synonyms

• (going beyond what is proper): overconfident, foolhardy, rash, presuming, forward, arrogant, insolent, conceited
• See also: Thesaurus:arrogant

Derived terms

• presumptuously
• presumptuousness

Related terms

• presumption
• presume

Translations

going beyond what is proper

Bulgarian: дързък (bg) (dǎrzǎk), самоуверен (bg) (samouveren) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: domýšlivý (cs) m, troufalý m, drzý (cs) m Dutch: aanmatigend (nl) Esperanto: bravaĉa Estonian: jultunud, häbematu Finnish: röyhkeä (fi) French: présomptueux (fr), outrecuidant (fr) Galician: fachendoso (gl) German: anmaßend (de), überheblich (de) Hebrew: יהיר‎ (he), שחצן‎ (he), חוצפן‎ Hungarian: merész (hu), arcátlan (hu), elbizakodott (hu), önhitt (hu), szemtelen (hu), vakmerő (hu), nagyképű (hu) Irish: dána, iomarcach, andóchasach, dalba Italian: sfrontato (it), sfacciato (it) Japanese: 図々しい (zūzūshii), 厚かましい (ja) (atsukamashii) Maori: whakametometo, tahataha, pokake Mongolian: давлиун (mn) (davliun) Polish: bezczelny (pl) m, zarozumiały (pl) Portuguese: presunçoso (pt) Russian: самонаде́янный (ru) (samonadéjannyj), наха́льный (ru) (naxálʹnyj), де́рзкий (ru) (dérzkij), самоуве́ренный (ru) (samouvérennyj), на́глый (ru) (náglyj) Scots: bauld Scottish Gaelic: dalm, dàna Spanish: presuntuoso (es) Swedish: förmäten (sv), övermodig (sv) Ukrainian: самовпевнений (uk) m (samovpevnenyj), зарозумілий (uk) m (zarozumilyj), зухвалий (uk) m (zuxvalyj)

References

1. Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎, volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 12.41, page 347.