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Presumptuous \Pre*sump"tu*ous\ (?; 135), a. [L. praesumptuosus: cf. F. pr['e]somptueux, OF. also presumptuous. See {Presumption}.] 1. Full of presumption; presuming; overconfident or venturesome; audacious; rash; taking liberties unduly; arrogant; insolent; as, a presumptuous commander; presumptuous conduct.
A class of presumptuous men, whom age has not made cautious, nor adversity wise. --Buckminster.
2. Founded on presumption; as, a presumptuous idea. ``False, presumptuous hope.'' --Milton.
3. Done with hold design, rash confidence, or in violation of known duty; willful. ``Keep back the servant also from presumptuous sins.'' --Ps. xix. 13.
"I think it's presumptuous of you to know how it turns out.
She would not be so presumptuous as to cite examples.
The government also lashed out Thursday at the European Economic Community for making "presumptuous accusations" against China.
And while the fact that you've largely done the opposite may serve me right for being presumptuous, I do wish you hadn't.
"He stands up and he says `I'm the most qualified candidate' _ which is a ridiculously presumptuous statement _ and if I wasn't black I'd win and if I wasn't connected to Jesse Jackson I'd win," said Baker.
Second, it is a bit presumptuous for Mr. Crovitz to ask the reader to believe that his analysis of the cases in point is much more perceptive than that of a majority of the justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Court.
Advance discussion was presumptuous, gauche.
Asked how he would respond to an offer from the all-but-certain nominee for the vice presidency, Thornburgh hesitated before replying: "That's a presumptuous kind of a statement to make.
"We know that Chrysler wants to close four plants in the Detroit area and it would be presumptuous of us to expect to move into other plants with our seniority," Kuzel said.