† self-ˈinteressed,ppl.a.Obs. [See interessed.] = self-interested. 1656Earl of Monmouth tr.Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. i. xi. (1674) 14 The self-interessed and perfidious heart of Man.1707Lond.Gaz.No. 4324/1 Those narrow Self-Interessed Notions which..had so long cramp'd and fetter'd them.