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单词 self-secure
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self-secureadj.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfsᵻˈkjʊə/, /ˌsɛlfsᵻˈkjɔː/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfsəˈkjʊ(ə)r/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, secure adj.
Etymology: < self- prefix + secure adj. Compare earlier self-security n.
Secure in one's position or situation. Also: confident in one's own abilities, qualities, and judgement; self-confident.
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the mind > emotion > pride > excessive self-confidence > [adjective]
over-trusty?c1225
assured1477
self-wise1573
confident1600
flush1604
crested1619
sufficienta1625
self-sufficient1628
self-confiding1647
self-trustinga1660
self-secure1679
self-assured1711
cocksure1842
secure1859
self-sufficing1874
ten feet tall1962
1679 Third Advice to Painter Effigies Whore of Rome 1 Danger of Ruine was so nigh To us, whom once she thought so self-secure.
a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo i. in Wks. (1721) III. 17 The Youth gave to the Warning little Heed, He self-secure thought he should neither need.
1798 J. Jones Hobby Horses iv. 115 Falsely self-judg'd, and fondly self-secure, Too oft the Poet rushes to her lure.
1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 661/1 The most frugal and self-secure of sovereigns.
1849 M. Arnold Strayed Reveller, & Other Poems 50 Self-schooled, self-scanned, self-honoured, self-secure.
1969 Rev. Educ. Res. 37 402 Open climate schools tended to have confident, self-secure, cheerful, sociable and resourceful principals.
2000 Times 30 Mar. ii. 26/6 The drunk and increasingly desperate Bradley and Paul take out their frustrations on the smooth, self-secure Chris.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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