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self-forˈgetful, a.
[self- 1 e.]
Forgetful of one's self or one's own individuality; having or characterized by no thought of self.
1848J. G. Whittier Pæan in Poet. Works (1898) 336/1 They died, their brave hearts breaking slow, But self⁓forgetful to the last..Their breath upon the darkness passed. 1864Pusey Lect. Daniel vii. 438 The quick, honest, self-forgetful acknowledgment of the truth. 1897‘A. Hope’ Phroso xvii, One, fierce, uncalculating, self-forgetful triumph. 1981F. Inglis Promise of Happiness i. ii. 37 Many arts and crafts..offer an occasion for self-forgetful joy and peace.
Hence self-forˈgetfully adv., self-forˈgetfulness; so self-forˈgetting ppl. a.
1859Ruskin Two Paths i. §15 Art, devoted humbly and *self-forgetfully to the clear statement..of the facts of the universe.
1805–6Wordsworth Prelude (1959) iv. 294 The quiet stream Of *self-forgetfulness. 1832Disraeli Cont. Fleming i. xix, All that I can recommend you now is to practise self-forgetfulness. 1864Pusey Lect. Daniel i. 14 Daniel, in noble self-forgetfulness. 1942C. S. Lewis Screwtape Lett. xiv. 72 Let him think of it not as self-forgetfulness but as a certain kind of opinion..of his own talents and character.
1847Mrs. Trollope Three Cousins xv. I. 250 Her *self-forgetting kindness to every being that approached her. 1908Expositor July 35 A self-forgetting idealist. |