单词 | self-formed |
释义 | self-formedadj. Having formed oneself or itself; (of a group or body) founded or assembled by its own members. 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 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. N6 The self-formd soul may work without Incorporation. a1700 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 295 Matter self-form'd, self-mov'd, self-steer'd. 1787 J. Hawkins Life Johnson 52 A character self-formed, as owing nothing to parental nurture, and scarce anything to moral tuition. 1836 J. H. Newman et al. Lyra Apost. 54 Whose spirits live..Each in his self-formed sphere of light or gloom. 1844 W. H. Mill Serm. Tempt. Christ v. 125 A vain and self-formed assurance. 1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) VI. 319 Self-formed bands of volunteers started into being. 1910 Geogr. Jrnl. 36 582 The river flows in a self-formed channel. 1966 Times Lit. Suppl. 27 Oct. 1/2 Winston Churchill's character was almost entirely self-formed. 2014 Northern Territory News (Austral.) (Nexis) 21 Sept. 5 The self-formed team did it all without a coach. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1642 |
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