太宰治の小説の "No Longer Human" を読んでいます。
"You seem to be just as cocksure of yourself as ever. Anyway, it's nothing importand. She asked me to tell you to visit her once in a while.
"cocksure" の意味を調べます。
・Collins Dictionary: Someone who is cocksure is so confident and sure of their abilities that they annoy other people.: She was cocksure that she was able to do the job better than anyone else
・Cambridge English Dictionary: too confident, in a way that is slightly unpleasant or rude: a cocksure young man
"cocksure" の語源については 'World Wide Words' に次の記述がありました（抜粋）。
It seems certain that the cock in cocksure is a euphemism for God. This appeared in a variety of medieval oaths down to the time of Shakespeare, including cocks bones, cocks passion, cocks wounds and cocks bodikins. So the original meaning of cocksure was that a person enjoyed a security or quality of rightfulness equivalent to that of God.
"You seem to be just as cocksure of yourself as ever. Anyway, it's nothing importand. She asked me to tell you to visit her once in a while.
"cocksure" の意味を調べます。
・Collins Dictionary: Someone who is cocksure is so confident and sure of their abilities that they annoy other people.: She was cocksure that she was able to do the job better than anyone else
・Cambridge English Dictionary: too confident, in a way that is slightly unpleasant or rude: a cocksure young man
"cocksure" の語源については 'World Wide Words' に次の記述がありました（抜粋）。
It seems certain that the cock in cocksure is a euphemism for God. This appeared in a variety of medieval oaths down to the time of Shakespeare, including cocks bones, cocks passion, cocks wounds and cocks bodikins. So the original meaning of cocksure was that a person enjoyed a security or quality of rightfulness equivalent to that of God.
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