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单词 self-consequent
释义

self-consequentadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, consequent adj.
Etymology: < self- prefix + consequent adj., after self-consequence n.
Obsolete.
Having an (exaggerated) sense of one's own consequence; self-important.
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the mind > emotion > pride > self-importance > [adjective]
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1834 Amer. Q. Observer Jan. 51 ‘I am the state,’ was then the self-consequent boast of the monarch.
1878 Mrs. H. Wood Pomeroy Abbey III. iii. viii. 294 Jupiter, seated on Olympus,..never felt more self-consequent than does Jeffs feel, perched on his box-seat to-day.
1907 Out West Nov. 446 This is why a certain black little old Indian—self-consequent, disreputable, unlovely,—-works no more.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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