over-assuming

Updated: May 13, 2025

Ion, it is true, the dramatic poet, says that Pericles's manner in company was somewhat over-assuming and pompous; and that into his high bearing there entered a good deal of slightingness and scorn of others; he reserves his commendation for Cimon's ease and pliancy and natural grace in society.

Plutarch - Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans