Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SELF-SUF-FI'CIEN-CY
SELF-SUB-VERS'IVESELF-SUF-FI'CIENT
SELF-SUF-FI'CIEN-CY, n. [self and sufficiency.]
An overweening opinion of one's own strength or worth; excessive confidence in one's own competence or sufficiency. – Dryden.
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