单词 | to give oneself wonder |
释义 | > as lemmasto give oneself wonder c. With dative of reflexive pronoun in various uses: To impose on oneself (trouble); to cause oneself to have (a possession, privilege, etc.); to assume, pretend to. †to give oneself wonder: to be astonished. to give oneself airs: to assume a bearing offensively or ludicrously indicative of belief in one's own superiority. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > wonder, be astonished [phrase] to think wonder971 I have selcoutha1250 marvela1393 to have wondera1400 to have marvela1500 to give oneself wonderc1500 bewondereda1586 to think it wondera1586 estrange1658 to think (it) much1669 flabberdegasky1822 the mind boggles1899 c1500 Melusine (1895) xxx. 223 I gyue me grete wonder what folke they may be. 1676 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Acct. Voy. Athens 5 Looking gravely, to give myself Authority [etc.]. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 44 That easily discovers the Airs they give themselves. 1726 Four Years Voy. Capt. G. Roberts 22 Without giving myself any further Trouble. 1735 H. Fielding Old Man taught Wisdom 17 I must always give myself Airs to a Man I like. 1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians I. iv. 146 She went to his shop, riding on an ass, to give herself consequence, and said [etc.]. 1843 A. Bethune Sc. Peasant's Fire-side 13 She gave herself no airs to procure it. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues III. 126 We ought not to give ourselves airs. 1886 Law Times 82 77/2 A tribunal cannot give itself jurisdiction by erroneous findings of fact. < as lemmas |
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