self-praisen.
/ˌsɛlfˈpreɪz/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈpreɪz/ Praise of oneself; boasting. Also occasionally in plural: expressions of praise about oneself.
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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
1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. (margin) vi. xxi. 226 Ambitious men full of selfe-praise.
1614 T. Wilson Comm. Epist. S. Paul to Romanes x. 768 This true and good zeale..euer affecteth and seeketh the honour of God, and not selfe-praise and vaine-glory, and opinion or applause of man.
1653 H. Harflete Banquet of Ess. vi. 67 If praise do not flatter it, it will please it self with self-praises.
1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. viii. Observ. 225 Self-praise is sometimes no fault.
1770 J. Andrews Acct. Char. & Manners French II. xlix. 135 He contrives to represent himself in the most favourable Light, and yet to preserve the Mark of Modesty in the Midst of the most fulsome Self Praise.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxv. 318 Osborne broke out into a rhapsody of self-praise and imprecations.
1856 G. Grote Hist. Greece XII. ii. xciv. 260 These and other self-praises disparaging to the glory of Alexander.
1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 53/1 We were all being carried away to the strange scenes in which he had played his part. He told it all simply, with no trace of self praise.
2001 Times 28 Feb. i. 2/3 The self-praise and gross exaggeration..which we have come to expect from him had quite disappeared.
Phrases
Proverb. self-praise is no recommendation (also commendation).
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1778 J. Windee Let. 20 Jan. in G. Clinton Public Papers (1900) II. 685 There need no regard paid to what I have said of Myself because the old saying is, self praise is No commendation.
1826 Weekly Reg. 17 June 743 In general it is a good rule..that self-praise is no commendation.
1890 Amer. Agriculturist Oct. 529/2 (advt.) Self praise is no recommendation, but there are times when one must permit a person to tell the truth about himself.
1900 Bristol Mercury 5 May 3/4 I will say nothing abut our own [Parliament] because I am a member of it, and self praise is no commendation.
1980 Country Life 24 Apr. 1283/1 Self-praise is, generally speaking, no recommendation.
2013 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 16 Feb. 13 He regularly tells us what a splendid Treasurer he has been. But, as they say, self-praise is no recommendation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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