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self-comˈplacence, -ˈcomplaisance
[self- 3 a.]
= complacence 1.
1748Richardson Clarissa I. xiii. 73 The self-complaisance which an imagin'd happy thought can be supposed to give the speaker. 1781Cowper Charity 468 Extravagance and av'rice shall subscribe, While fame and self-complacence are the bribe. 1821Scott Kenilw. xli, Foster..pointed with self-complacence to a piece of concealed machinery in the wall. 1827Carlyle Germ. Rom. IV. 73 Self-complaisance over the concealed destroys its concealment. |