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self-wise, a.
[self- 3 b.]
Wise in one's own conceit, relying on one's own wisdom.
1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 267 b, Selfwilled and selfewyse men, keeping a rule and a lawe of their owne making. a1586Sidney Apol. Poetrie (Arb.) 67 A selfe-wise-seeming schoolmaster. 1646Crashaw Steps to Temple, Sospetto d'Herode x, How lost Art thou unto thyself, thou too self-wise Narcissus! 1834J. H. Newman Par. Serm. I. xvii, The Self-wise Inquirer. 1836― Lyra Apost. lxxxvii. 11 Then keep good heart; nor take the self-wise course Of Thomas, who must see ere he would trust.
absol.1579W. Wilkinson Confut. Fam. Love B j, No selfe-wise, or enuious scripture learned could or can euer attaine vnto it.
Hence † self-ˈwiseling [see -ling], one who is wise in his own conceit.
1649Test. conc. Jacob Beme i. §13 Hidden unto the high and selfe-wiselings. |