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▪ I. self-conˈtent, n. [self- 3 a.] Self-satisfaction.
1654Whitlock Zootomia 367 If even in self-vexation, something of self-content is sought. 1694Congreve Double Dealer iii. ad fin., If Happiness in Self-content is plac'd. 1820Shelley Prometh. Unb. i. i. 487 Like a vain loud multitude Vexing the self-content of wisest men. 1852Thackeray Esmond ii. x, This self-content of his kept him in general good-humour. ▪ II. self-conˈtent, a. rare. [self- 3 a.] = next.
1857E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 257 Frenchmen are so self-content and superficial. |