Confident Definition
kŏnfĭ-dənt
adjective
Full of confidence.
Webster's New World
Feeling or showing certainty, as of success.
Was confident that the venture would be profitable.
American Heritage
Feeling or showing confidence in oneself; self-assured.
A confident driver.
American Heritage
Trustful; confiding.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Confident
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From Middle French confident, from Latin confidens (“confident, i.e. self-confident, in good or bad sense, bold, daring, audacious, impudent”), present participle of confidere (“to trust fully, confide”); see confide.
From Wiktionary
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Latin cōnfīdēns cōnfīdent- present participle of cōnfīdere to rely on confide
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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