Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for O-VER-WEEN'ING
O-VER-WEEN'ING, ppr.
- Thinking too highly or conceitedly.
- adj. That thinks too highly, particularly of one's self; conceited; vain; as, overweening pride; an overweening brain. Locke.
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