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单词 self-wrought
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self-wroughtadj.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈrɔːt/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈrɔt/, /ˌsɛlfˈrɑt/
Forms: see self- prefix and wrought adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, wrought adj.
Etymology: < self- prefix + wrought adj.
Made by oneself; brought about by oneself.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > created or produced > by oneself
self-made?1574
self-wrought1586
self-created1606
self-devised1608
self-formed1642
self-making1660
self-generating1745
self-create1766
autogenous1826
self-fashioned1833
autogenic1852
autogeneal1864
1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. iii. xvi. 67 Accept my simple Legacie, O Godhood most deuyne, Sayd Brenn. And with a selfe-wrought wound did perrish.
c1602 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies ii. xiv. sig. Dv If without battle selfe-wrought wounds annoy them.
1662 J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Apologie conc. Perfection 118 in tr. J. Böhme Remainder of Bks. Abel received an imputed Righteousnesse, not a self wrought one of his own.
1745 E. Young Complaint: Night the Eighth 34 Can Man outwit Omnipotence? strike out A Self-wrought Happiness unmeant by Him.
1792 J. Barlow Conspiracy of Kings 14 By worth internal, rise to self-wrought fame.
1830 Ld. Tennyson Poems 118 The earth hath made her state forlorn With selfwrought evils of unnumbered years.
1883 Illustr. London News 15 Sept. 266/2 His thoughts only seemed to paint for him a picture of self-wrought ruin.
1953 N.Y. Times 13 Mar. 26/5 If humanity is to be saved from its greatest self-wrought destruction.
2014 Toronto Star (Nexis) 14 Sept. (News section) a1 He is a man consumed by remorse but aware of the self-wrought nature of his plight.

Compounds

self-wrought-out adj. Obsolete made or brought about by oneself (cf. to work out 1 at work v. Phrasal verbs 1).
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1656 J. Owen Of Mortification of Sinne To Rdr. sig. A2v [They] have anew imposed the yoke of a selfe-wrought-out Mortification on the neckes of their Disciples.
1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. x. 632 Teutonic Christianity, more self-depending, more self-guided, more self wrought out.
1861 Caledonian Mercury 12 Aug. The private, self-wrought-out opinions of the individual men.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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