self-lawedadj.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlfˈlɔːd/, U.S.

/ˌsɛlfˈlɔd/,

/ˌsɛlfˈlɑd/

Forms: see self- prefix and law n.¹ and -ed suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, law n.¹, -ed suffix².

Etymology: < self- prefix + law n.¹ + -ed suffix². Compare slightly later lawed adj. and later self-law n.In later use frequently as an etymologizing gloss for autonomous adj.

That behaves or acts according to personal (rather than conventional or established) rules; (of an organization) autonomous; independent.In early use in figurative contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > [adjective] > that does as he wishes or pleases himself

self-lawed1635

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iii. iii. 134 It [sc. torment] raignes in ev'ry part, But playes the selfe-law'd Tyrant in my heart.

1875 H. Ellison Stones from Quarry 289 Soul like the sea!..flowing all around The shores of our Humanity; profound, Self-lawed.

1920 Yale Rev. Oct. 183 Long before these dauntless, self-lawed men battled to colonize and hold the West.

1996 Burlington (N. Carolina) Times-News 21 June c3/2 Autonomy is a good Baptist word. Every church is self-lawed and self-governed.

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

单词	self-lawed
释义	self-lawedadj. Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈlɔːd/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈlɔd/, /ˌsɛlfˈlɑd/ Forms: see self- prefix and law n.¹ and -ed suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, law n.¹, -ed suffix². Etymology: < self- prefix + law n.¹ + -ed suffix². Compare slightly later lawed adj. and later self-law n.In later use frequently as an etymologizing gloss for autonomous adj. That behaves or acts according to personal (rather than conventional or established) rules; (of an organization) autonomous; independent.In early use in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > [adjective] > that does as he wishes or pleases himself self-lawed1635 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iii. iii. 134 It [sc. torment] raignes in ev'ry part, But playes the selfe-law'd Tyrant in my heart. 1875 H. Ellison Stones from Quarry 289 Soul like the sea!..flowing all around The shores of our Humanity; profound, Self-lawed. 1920 Yale Rev. Oct. 183 Long before these dauntless, self-lawed men battled to colonize and hold the West. 1996 Burlington (N. Carolina) Times-News 21 June c3/2 Autonomy is a good Baptist word. Every church is self-lawed and self-governed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1635
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