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Definition of overweening adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

overweening

adjective

/ˌəʊvəˈwiːnɪŋ/

/ˌəʊvərˈwiːnɪŋ/

[only before noun] (formal, disapproving)

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