self-praisedadj.
/ˌsɛlfˈpreɪzd/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈpreɪzd/ Praised by oneself; lauded by one's own words.Quot. 1626 apparently shows self-praised as a past participle in a somewhat confused passive construction, where the agent role of self- is duplicated by ‘by her creaking bill’; cf. note at self- prefix 2a(a)(i).
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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
1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis vi. 110 A Stork; who, with white pinions rais'd, Is euer by her creaking bill selfe-prais'd [L. ipsa sibi plaudat].
1629 T. May tr. Martial Epigrams sig. B2v Let not old times, Caesar, selfe-praised bee.
1748 R. Dodsley Coll. Poems II. 296 Self-prais'd, and grasping at despotic pow'r, he looks on slav'ry as the female dow'r.
1783 J. Price Vindic. Gen. Richard Smith iv. 134 By a change of hands in the ministerial department, the thousand times self praised, disinterested Mr. Burke, got into power.
1829 W. T. Robertson tr. Firdawsī Roostum Zaboolee & Soohrab ii. 38 Soohrab in this oration smiled to hear the boastful vaunting of self-praised Hujeer.
1852 J. V. C. Smith Pilgrimage to Egypt 14 They quite smother one with their recommendations and self-praised qualifications.
1945 Univ. Chicago Law Rev. 12 415 No causal relationship between our self-praised industrial progress and the patent system can be proved.
2011 Irish Times (Nexis) 3 Nov. (World section) 11 Martin berated the Government as a group of self-praised tough talkers who had chosen to propose nothing and negotiate nothing with the EU.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1626