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单词 self-admirer
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self-admirern.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfədˈmʌɪərə/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfədˈmaɪ(ə)rər/
Forms: see self- prefix and admirer n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, admirer n.
Etymology: < self- prefix + admirer n. Compare earlier self-admiration n., self-admired adj., self-admiring adj.
A person who admires himself or herself, esp. excessively; a conceited or vain person.
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the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > vanity > [noun] > vain person
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self-admirer1633
self-idolater1643
cockcomb1684
peachick1693
worship-willer1721
narcissus1767
narcissist1917
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 10) 762 Proud and ambitious selfe-admirers, thinke themselves fitter to rule than obey.
1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 204 A contrary state and temper of the heart in self-admiration secludes such self-admirers.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. lxiii. 429 A Man need not be..a Self-admirer, and always at the Glass.
1882 S. Pearson Week-day Living x. 107 Many young men who dawdle about drawing-rooms and dangle after their young lady friends are only self-admirers.
1963 Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) 4 Oct. (Green section) 1/2 Some self-admirer can go down the street with expanded chest saying ‘what a big boy am I’.
2017 Wired (Nexis) Jan. 86 A vapid, hollow, despicable, sordid, corrupt, monumentally boneheaded self-admirer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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