What does presumptuosity mean?
Presumptuosity means (rare) The state of being presumptuous..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(rare) The state of being presumptuous..
PRESUMPTUOSITY, [præſumptuoſitas, L.] Preſumptuouſneſs.
Preſuntuoſità, ſ. f. preſumptuoſity, présomption
PRESUNTUOSITA, PRESUNTUOSITADE, PRESUNTUOSITATE, } s. f. (presunzione) presumptuosity, presumptuosness,^([sic]) haughtiness, boldness.
Preſumptuousneſs, or, preſumptuoſity [pri-zum´-sjus-nis, pri-zum´-tu-os-ſi-ti] (s.) Vermételbeid.
Popery is overrun by absurdity and presumptuosity, by superstition and idolatry, and by other evils many and great.
“I must say without presumptuosity that that’s all my work. The Captain left all the management of the company to me.”
It is certain that the Lily, not without a certain distinct presumptuosity for which she still is famous, “introduced” Gebhard to the Prince of Wales, afterward King Edward, on a certain occasion when the three accidentally came together in Biarritz;
And everywhere he provokes annoyed laughter by his mannerisms in dress and behavior, by his insufferable “presumptuosity” and callow immaturity, and everywhere, he also radiates charm by his youthful fire, his scintillating talent, the almost physically palpable , galvanic force of his animal spirits—and all of it tempered by the indescribable naivete and good nature of a nice, perhaps slightly pampered but well-meaning youth.
Use presumptuosity when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Presumptuosity means (rare) The state of being presumptuous..
Common synonyms include presumptuousness.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
PRESUMPTUOSITY, [præſumptuoſitas, L.] Preſumptuouſneſs.
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