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self-aˈpplause
[self- 1 a.]
Approval or commendation of oneself.
1678Marvell Def. John Howe Wks. (Grosart) IV. 202 Its insolent boasting and self-applause upon no occasion. 1728Pope Dunc. i. 82 She..With self-applause her wild creation views. 1748Smollett Rod. Rand. xliv, He addressed himself to me..with a smile of self-applause. 1880Burton Reign Q. Anne II. xi. 228 The exulting and abounding current of his self-applause.
So self-aˈpplausive a. = self-applauding.
1807D. Gilson Serm. vii. 136 A mind already wounded with self-applausive, unnecessary advice. |