单词 | self-collected |
释义 | self-collectedadj. Of a person, his or her appearance, disposition, etc.: self-possessed; composed; = collected adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > [adjective] coolc1430 coldc1500 within oneself (itself, etc.)1518 cool-headed1684 present to oneself1692 possesseda1698 self-restrained1700 self-collecteda1711 cool (cold) as a cucumbera1732 self-possessing1732 self-regulating1755 cool-brained1765 self-possessed1766 self-restraining1777 self-disciplined?1791 self-controlling1796 self-repressed1814 self-controlled1822 self-contained1838 self-repressing1849 unimpulsive1856 posé1858 downbeat1953 cucumber-cool1955 supercool1965 a1711 T. Ken Hymnarium 12 in Wks. (1721) II. O may I self-collected here, Live all at once in filial fear. 1799 C. B. Brown Edgar Huntly I. viii. 168 Such was the state of my mind for some time after this dreadful event. Previously to it I was calm, considerate, and self-collected. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert iii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. II. 65 The features, with their self-collected composure. 1842 H. E. Manning Serm. ii. 23 Look at the penitent sinner, calm and self collected. 1895 E. F. Brooke Transition i. 5 Walking rather deliberately, with a self-collected air. 1910 L. P. Jacks Alchemy of Thought (1911) xv. 343 This is the character of Japan... Her people are normally self-collected, and the instinct of order is in their blood. 1961 Yale French Stud. No. 27. 77 A woman so self-possessed, so self-collected, of such sound and rigid principles that one doubts the possibility of her surrendering to seduction. 2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 6 Sept. 10 She had been quite self-collected, just taken a sip of wine, and then stepped over the edge. Derivatives self-coˈllectedness n. [compare earlier self-collection n.] ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > [noun] repressiona1413 governailc1425 willc1480 self-rule1532 coldness1548 stay1556 presentness of mind1598 coolness1607 cold blooda1609 temper1611 self-discipline1612 retention?1615 presence of mind?1624 self-governance1630 retentiveness1641 self-command1651 self-mastery1652 self-control1653 self-direction1653 self-restraint1656 self-possession1665 possessednessa1698 self-regulation1698 possession1703 retenue1747 sang-froid1750 self-collection1761 render1768 self-collectedness1805 self-repression1821 self-containedness1835 unimpulsiveness1860 cool-headedness1881 sophrosyne1889 cool1964 1805 Crit. Rev. Oct. 341 This soldier..passed whole days in one of the corners of this chapel, edifying his spectators by his self-collectedness, his earnestness, and his devotion. 1884 W. G. T. Shedd Serm. to Spiritual Man xv. 234 The ingenuous and beautiful emotiveness..disappears, and a cold, unemotional self-collectedness takes its place. 1992 San Francisco Jung Inst. Libr. Jrnl. 11 58 It would be obvious that erotic delirium and contemplative self-collectedness are different things. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1711 |
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