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单词 self-intoxicated
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self-intoxicatedadj.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfɪnˈtɒksᵻkeɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfᵻnˈtɑksəˌkeɪdᵻd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, intoxicated adj.
Etymology: < self- prefix + intoxicated adj.
Intoxicated by oneself, or by one's own eloquence, power, appearance, etc.; excessively vain, arrogant, or self-obsessed.
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [adjective] > preoccupied with self
self-central1642
selfy1643
self-centred1645
self-concerned1653
self-involved1785
self-conscious1825
self-intoxicated1847
self-obsessed1878
egocentric1900
1847 S. Coleridge Let. 12 Oct. in Mem. & Lett. (1873) II. xiii. 143 I marvel how you can admit him to be a hero..—look upon him as a religious demagogue, a ‘self-intoxicated man’.
1905 G. B. Shaw Irrational Knot 181 Uncle Reginald..has taken part..against you with a self-intoxicated fool whom he ought to have put out of the house.
1985 R. Goldstein in J. Antler Amer. & I (1990) 286 I took Introduction to Philosophy with a self-intoxicated young professor, a new Ph.D. from Harvard.
2019 Guardian (Nexis) 26 Sept. If his party had some notion that the mantle of office would sober up this self-intoxicated scoundrel, they were wrong.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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