self-sufficingadj.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlfsəˈfʌɪsɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌsɛlfsəˈfaɪsɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, sufficing adj.

Etymology: < self- prefix + sufficing adj., after self-sufficience n., self-sufficiency n. Compare earlier self-sufficient adj., self-suffisant adj.

Not needing or relying on external assistance, support, or aid. Formerly also: †having excessive confidence in oneself or one's abilities; arrogant; presumptuous (obsolete). Cf. self-sufficient adj. 1, 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [adjective] > self-sufficient

suffisanta1340

sufficient for (to) oneself1382

substantive1543

self-suffisant1589

self-sufficient1596

self-sustaining1598

self-contained1605

self-subsisting1608

self-supporting1632

self-dependent1642

self-full1642

self-subsistent1646

self-sufficing1647

self-relying1648

self-depending1669

independent1670

self-sustained1675

unbenefitable1688

self-sufficed1709

self-supported1736

self-containing1826

self-reliant1834

autarkic1883

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

1647 C. Harvey Schola Cordis 134 Black ignorance did first begin To blurre thy beauteous Image, and deface The glory of thy self-sufficing grace.

1687 J. Norris Coll. Misc. 84 Why not indulge his self-sufficing state, Live to himself..A wise eternal Epicure?

1713 tr. P. Poiret Divine Œconomy II. iv. 41 The Independent and Self-sufficing Divine Idea.

1800 W. Wordsworth Poet's Epit. in Lyrical Ballads (ed. 2) II. 167 A reasoning, self-sufficing thing, An intellectual All-in-all.

1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 164 So great, quiet, complete and self-sufficing is this Shakspeare.

1874 A. O'Shaughnessy Music & Moonlight 157 In spite of some fond fit Of self-sufficing thoughts.

1935 J. O'Neill Land under Eng. xvii. 236 Before my descent, I had lived a lonely, self-sufficing life.

1997 V. Tejera Rewriting Hist. of Anc. Greek Philos. iii. 41 The pace of the verse is..sometimes really ponderant like a self-sufficing thinker rapt in thought.

Derivatives

self-suˈfficingness n. now rare the state or condition of not needing or relying on external assistance, support, or aid; = self-sufficiency n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [noun] > self-sufficiency

sufficiencec1384

suffisancea1450

self-sufficiency1598

autarky1617

self-dependencea1620

self-sufficience1623

self-subsistencea1631

self-support1632

self-fullness1668

self-reliance1668

self-dependency1749

self-sustainment1779

self-sustenance1786

self-sufficingness1811

substantiveness1821

self-sustentationa1832

self-containment1841

self-sufficientness1846

self-containing1850

self-supportedness1862

rugged individualism1898

1811 S. T. Coleridge in Courier 14 Sept. That ill-timed overweening sense of their own self-sufficingness.

1881 F. W. H. Myers Wordsworth 13 A picture..of hardy English youth,—its proud self-sufficingness and careless independence of all human things.

1944 H. Wodehouse One Kind of Relig. iii. 20 The Epicurean spending himself in teaching self-sufficingness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	self-sufficing
释义	self-sufficingadj. Brit. /ˌsɛlfsəˈfʌɪsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfsəˈfaɪsɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, sufficing adj. Etymology: < self- prefix + sufficing adj., after self-sufficience n., self-sufficiency n. Compare earlier self-sufficient adj., self-suffisant adj. Not needing or relying on external assistance, support, or aid. Formerly also: †having excessive confidence in oneself or one's abilities; arrogant; presumptuous (obsolete). Cf. self-sufficient adj. 1, 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [adjective] > self-sufficient suffisanta1340 sufficient for (to) oneself1382 substantive1543 self-suffisant1589 self-sufficient1596 self-sustaining1598 self-contained1605 self-subsisting1608 self-supporting1632 self-dependent1642 self-full1642 self-subsistent1646 self-sufficing1647 self-relying1648 self-depending1669 independent1670 self-sustained1675 unbenefitable1688 self-sufficed1709 self-supported1736 self-containing1826 self-reliant1834 autarkic1883 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 1647 C. Harvey Schola Cordis 134 Black ignorance did first begin To blurre thy beauteous Image, and deface The glory of thy self-sufficing grace. 1687 J. Norris Coll. Misc. 84 Why not indulge his self-sufficing state, Live to himself..A wise eternal Epicure? 1713 tr. P. Poiret Divine Œconomy II. iv. 41 The Independent and Self-sufficing Divine Idea. 1800 W. Wordsworth Poet's Epit. in Lyrical Ballads (ed. 2) II. 167 A reasoning, self-sufficing thing, An intellectual All-in-all. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 164 So great, quiet, complete and self-sufficing is this Shakspeare. 1874 A. O'Shaughnessy Music & Moonlight 157 In spite of some fond fit Of self-sufficing thoughts. 1935 J. O'Neill Land under Eng. xvii. 236 Before my descent, I had lived a lonely, self-sufficing life. 1997 V. Tejera Rewriting Hist. of Anc. Greek Philos. iii. 41 The pace of the verse is..sometimes really ponderant like a self-sufficing thinker rapt in thought. Derivatives self-suˈfficingness n. now rare the state or condition of not needing or relying on external assistance, support, or aid; = self-sufficiency n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [noun] > self-sufficiency sufficiencec1384 suffisancea1450 self-sufficiency1598 autarky1617 self-dependencea1620 self-sufficience1623 self-subsistencea1631 self-support1632 self-fullness1668 self-reliance1668 self-dependency1749 self-sustainment1779 self-sustenance1786 self-sufficingness1811 substantiveness1821 self-sustentationa1832 self-containment1841 self-sufficientness1846 self-containing1850 self-supportedness1862 rugged individualism1898 1811 S. T. Coleridge in Courier 14 Sept. That ill-timed overweening sense of their own self-sufficingness. 1881 F. W. H. Myers Wordsworth 13 A picture..of hardy English youth,—its proud self-sufficingness and careless independence of all human things. 1944 H. Wodehouse One Kind of Relig. iii. 20 The Epicurean spending himself in teaching self-sufficingness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1647
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