self-effaciveadj.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlfᵻˈfeɪsɪv/, U.S.

/ˌsɛlfəˈfeɪsɪv/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, efface v., -ive suffix.

Etymology: < self- prefix + efface v. + -ive suffix, probably as an alteration of self-effacing adj. Compare effacive adj. and earlier self-effacement n.

Disposed to or characterized by self-effacement; = self-effacing adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adjective] > self-effacing

self-effacing1854

non-assertive1869

self-effacive1894

non-egotistical1905

unpushy1908

1894 W. J. Locke At Gate of Samaria xxvii. 316 Mrs. Gurkins's husband, a lean, self-effacive man, would wait at table in the severest of black and lend immense dignity to the meal.

1931 Evening Tribune (Albert Lea, Minnesota) 14 Jan. 6/2 Instead of being temperamental, blustering and domineering, Garnett is practical, gentle voiced and almost self effacive.

1987 K. G. Bailey Human Paleopsychology i. 21 Unlike the anxious and self-effacive Darwin, Huxley reveled in the controversy surrounding the new theory of evolution.

2007 C. N. Singh Radical Feminism & Women's Writing ii. 83 Significantly, as a wife and mother, the self-effacive protagonist has no name.

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

单词	self-effacive
释义	self-effaciveadj. Brit. /ˌsɛlfᵻˈfeɪsɪv/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfəˈfeɪsɪv/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, efface v., -ive suffix. Etymology: < self- prefix + efface v. + -ive suffix, probably as an alteration of self-effacing adj. Compare effacive adj. and earlier self-effacement n. Disposed to or characterized by self-effacement; = self-effacing adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adjective] > self-effacing self-effacing1854 non-assertive1869 self-effacive1894 non-egotistical1905 unpushy1908 1894 W. J. Locke At Gate of Samaria xxvii. 316 Mrs. Gurkins's husband, a lean, self-effacive man, would wait at table in the severest of black and lend immense dignity to the meal. 1931 Evening Tribune (Albert Lea, Minnesota) 14 Jan. 6/2 Instead of being temperamental, blustering and domineering, Garnett is practical, gentle voiced and almost self effacive. 1987 K. G. Bailey Human Paleopsychology i. 21 Unlike the anxious and self-effacive Darwin, Huxley reveled in the controversy surrounding the new theory of evolution. 2007 C. N. Singh Radical Feminism & Women's Writing ii. 83 Significantly, as a wife and mother, the self-effacive protagonist has no name. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas self-effacive Disposed or tending to efface. self-effacive: modest, retiring.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1883 Caird Edinb. Lect. Hume 23 Nov. In society he was the most self-effacive of men. extracted from effaciveadj. < adj.1894 as lemmas
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self-effaciveadj.

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