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   Cock·sure

   /ˌkäkˈSHo͝or/

   

   adjective

   • 1. presumptuously or arrogantly confident: "the cocksure golf prodigy from California"

   Word Origin early 16th century: from archaic cock (a euphemism for God) + sure; later associated with cock1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. cocksurely adverb
   • 2. cocksureness noun

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • C

     3

   • O

     1

   • C

     3

   • K

     5

   • S

     1

   • U

     1

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

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