单词 | self-glorying |
释义 | self-gloryingn. The action or practice of glorifying or exalting oneself, one's abilities, etc.; self-glorification. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > [noun] vainglorya1300 gloryc1340 vaingloriousness1542 self-glory1549 self-flattery1574 self-praise1586 self-exaltation1615 self-applause1625 self-exalting1634 self-glorying1646 self-attribution1649 self-gloriation1654 self-congratulation1655 self-gratulation1697 self-glorification?1800 vaingloriness1820 1646 T. Collier Exaltation of Christ ii. 157 The Lord help you and I a little now to examine our selves how much of self yet remayns, self wisdome, self glorying and boasting, self love, self ends. 1737 G. Fenwick Help for Sincere i. i. 3 They [sc. my very best actions] are attended with so many imperfections..in the self-glorying they cause in me. 1848 W. R. Williams Lord's Prayer (1854) ix. 326 To slay this self-glorying. 1903 Rec. Christian Work Aug. 557/1 The apostle declines to adopt the principle of self-glorying on which his opponents were acting. 1991 Guardian (Nexis) 19 Nov. How long can this self-glorying, this claim on our awe, survive events elsewhere? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). self-gloryingadj. Given to self-glorification; characterized by or involving self-glorification. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > [adjective] gloriousa1382 vainglorious?a1500 self-flatteringa1586 self-exalting1601 self-applauding1614 self-praised1626 self-flattered1647 self-glorying1659 self-exalted1668 self-gratulating1755 self-congratulating1774 self-congratulatory1798 self-applausivea1805 self-gratulatory1818 self-exaltative1821 the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > [adjective] > characterized by or indicative of vainglory vainglorious1533 self-gloriousa1616 self-glorying1659 1659 Short Disc. Work of God in Nation 6 A self-glorying and self-inriching spirit is perfectly opposite to the Kingdom of Christ. 1839 E. Bulwer-Lytton Sea-captain iv. i. 67 With that son Were woven, not the proud, self-glorying joys Which mothers know; but memory, shame. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 500 These are only self-glorying records of victories. 1977 S. Kostof Architect 77 The style at the abbey church of St. Denis has no professional name attached to it but only the self-glorying record of its patron, the Abbot Suger. 2000 B. Fisher Pataphysician's Libr. i. 23 All the familiar elements of Poe's world are to be found in the volume—horror, the grotesque, self-glorying anguish, and of course mystery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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