Confident

//ˈkɒnfɪdənt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Very sure of something; positive.

    "I'm pretty confident that she's not lying, she's acting normally."

  2. 2
    Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself.
  3. 3
    Forward, impudent. derogatory, obsolete

    "I was rated as the most confident ruffian, for daring to approach her room at that hour of night."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not liable to error in judgment or action wordnet
  2. 2
    persuaded of; very sure wordnet
  3. 3
    having or marked by confidence or assurance wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of confidant. alt-of, obsolete

    "He managed this consultation with exceeding secrecy, admitting only four or five of his confidents, on whom he most relied"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French confident, from Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”), present participle of confidere (“to trust fully, confide”). See confide.

Etymology 2

From Middle French confident, from Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in a good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”), present participle of confidere (“to trust fully, confide”). See confide.

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