| 单词 | self-conceited |
| 释义 | self-conˈceited, ppl. a. Now somewhat rare; freq. in 17th c.
[f. prec.]
Full of or marked by self-conceit; having an overweening opinion of oneself; = conceited 3.
1595Polimanteia in Brydges Brit. Bibl. I. 285 Any male⁓contented selfe-conceited, vnregarded malicious subiect. 1597Thynne in Animadv. (1875) Introd. p. xcix, The selfe conceyted mr Savile, prouoste of Eatone. 1611Bible, Transl. Ep. ⁋5 If..we shall be maligned by selfe-conceited brethren, who runne their owne wayes. 1653W. Ramesey Astrol. Rest. 211 Lulled asleep with self-conceited ignorance. 1741tr. D'Argens' Chinese Lett. i. 2 The French..seem to me to be as self-conceited as the Japonese. 1818Scott Rob Roy xxiv, This troublesome, pedantic, self-conceited coxcomb. 1887Besant The World Went xv. 122 Dwarfs..are the most vainglorious and self-conceited persons imaginable.
¶ With predicative adj. = thinking oneself to be (so-and-so).
1616R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) 34 Others..which, selfe-conceited wise, Take a great pride in their owne vaine surmise.
Hence self-conˈceitedly adv., self-conˈceitedness (freq. in 17th c.).
1603Florio Montaigne iii. ix. 566 *Selfe-conceitedly to ouer-esteeme what they possesse aboue others.
c1616S. Ward Coal from Altar (1627) 21, I feare most of them be sicke of *selfe-conceitednesse, new-fanglenesse, and desire of mastership. 1661Baxter Mor. Prognost. 67 Self-Conceitedness in their Controversies. a1721Prior 24 Songs xxiii, But self-conceitedness does reign In every mortal mind. |
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