prefident

prefident
† ˈprefident, a. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. præfīdens, -entem, trusting too much, over-confident, f. præ, pre- A. 6 + fīdĕre to trust.]
Over-confident, rash.
16.. Baxter cited by Worcester (1846).

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