|
|
Definition of Cockiness
1. Noun. Offensive boldness and assertiveness.
Generic synonyms: Assertiveness, Self-assertiveness
Derivative terms: Bumptious, Cocky, Forward, Pushy
Definition of Cockiness
1. Noun. The quality of being cocky ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cockiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockiness
Literary usage of Cockiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Asia at the Door by Kiyoshi K. Kawakami (1914)
"Their apparent " cockiness " is nothing but their innocent efforts to conform to
the customs and manners which they have been constantly told to respect by ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1860)
"... not have been invented to express the peculiar “ cockiness” (to use a synonymous
slang word) of the members of a Col. lege whose boat has just “ bumped” ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1879)
"tions of the Executive, by sitting m judgment on a Commanda-: Chief. Then the
militarism of Col. MURK, the cockiness tí ' CHAPLIN, ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1875)
"... as savouring either of " cockiness " or of an undue inclination to " sap;"
and my informant, having been in the form two years, was evidently not much ..."
Other Resources:
