单词 | self-consequent |
释义 | † self-consequentadj. Obsolete. Having an (exaggerated) sense of one's own consequence; self-important. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-importance > [adjective] buggish1536 puffya1594 important1726 self-important1732 consequential1758 self-consequent1834 gumptious1853 brussen1897 prima donna1897 prima donna-ish1926 over-inflated1934 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). < adj.1834 |
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