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self-inˈdulgence
[self- 1 a.]
Indulgence of one's desires, etc.; = indulgence 2 b.
1753J. Collier Art Torment. ii. iii. (1811) 159 That you do not believe that ill-health comes to any but through their own self-indulgence. 1779Johnson L.P., Garth (1868) 215 The author never slumbers in self-indulgence; his full vigour is always exerted. 1869Trollope He knew, etc. xviii. (1878) 98 One finds so few people that will do any duty that taxes their self-indulgence.
So self-inˈdulgent a. (cf. indulgent 2), self-inˈdulger, self-inˈdulging ppl. a.
1791Boswell Johnson 27 Mar., an. 1776, A capricious and *self-indulgent valetudinarian. 1833J. H. Newman Arians i. i. (1876) 11 Those festive, self-indulgent habits.
1847Mrs. Trollope Three Cousins xxvii. II. 186 All the articles ever invented by the ingenuity of man for rendering the retired hours of an aged *self indulger luxurious.
1687Norris Misc. (1699) 275 Our most forward and *Self-indulging Opinions. 1795–1814Wordsw. Excurs. ii. 311 Steeped in a self-indulging spleen.
Add: self-inˈdulgently adv.
1891N.E.D. s.v. Easily adv., Without pain, discomfort, or anxiety, luxuriously, self-indulgently. 1975Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Nov. 1404/3 The danger..of self-indulgently allowing enthusiasm for the women's cause today to obstruct sensitive understanding of women's situation yesterday. |