narcissineadj.

Brit.

/nɑːˈsɪsiːn/,

/nɑːˈsɪsʌɪn/,

/ˈnɑːsᵻsiːn/,

/ˈnɑːsᵻsʌɪn/, U.S.

/ˈnɑrsəˌsin/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin narcissinus.

Etymology: < classical Latin narcissinus of the plant narcissus (Pliny) < Hellenistic Greek ναρκίσσινος < νάρκισσος narcissus n. + -ινος -ine suffix². Compare Middle French narcisin of the plant narcissus (14th cent.).

†1. Of, relating to, or resembling a plant of the genus Narcissus. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [adjective] > of daffodil or narcissus and allied flowers

narcissine1656

paper-white1806

Nerine1820

poetaz1906

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Narcissine, of or pertainining [sic] to a white Daffodil.

1890 Cent. Dict. Narcissine, relating to or resembling plants of the genus Narcissus.

2. Of the nature of or resembling Narcissus, the youth of Greek mythology; loving or admiring oneself excessively, narcissistic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > vanity > [adjective]

self-liking1580

self-loved1590

self-admiring1592

self-loving1593

self-liked1599

glass-gazing1608

coxcombly1610

self-admired1621

coxcombical1649

self-idolizing1649

vain1692

flashy1693

vaunty1724

coxcombic1730

self-idolized1766

narcissine1805

foofaraw1848

vanitous1900

narcissistic1915

narcistic1918

dicty1920

narcissist1934

1805 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1962) II. 2495 The concupiscent, vindictive, and narcissine part of our nature.

1813 E. S. Barrett Heroine II. xxii. 77 Flinging off my bonnet, I shook my narcissine locks over my shoulders.

1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson ii. 15 Yet was there nothing Narcissine in her spirit. Her love for her own image was not cold æstheticism.

1936 G. Greene in Spectator 6 Nov. 808/2 A hunt which turns into a mechanised chase, a motorbus playing an agile part; swollen, narcissine, decadent horses preening before gilt mirrors.

1993 J. Meades Pompey (1994) 145 He was in a cul de sac of his own devising, corrupted by his vanity which was not narcissine mirror vanity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	narcissine
释义	narcissineadj. Brit. /nɑːˈsɪsiːn/, /nɑːˈsɪsʌɪn/, /ˈnɑːsᵻsiːn/, /ˈnɑːsᵻsʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈnɑrsəˌsin/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin narcissinus. Etymology: < classical Latin narcissinus of the plant narcissus (Pliny) < Hellenistic Greek ναρκίσσινος < νάρκισσος narcissus n. + -ινος -ine suffix². Compare Middle French narcisin of the plant narcissus (14th cent.). †1. Of, relating to, or resembling a plant of the genus Narcissus. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [adjective] > of daffodil or narcissus and allied flowers narcissine1656 paper-white1806 Nerine1820 poetaz1906 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Narcissine, of or pertainining [sic] to a white Daffodil. 1890 Cent. Dict. Narcissine, relating to or resembling plants of the genus Narcissus. 2. Of the nature of or resembling Narcissus, the youth of Greek mythology; loving or admiring oneself excessively, narcissistic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > vanity > [adjective] self-liking1580 self-loved1590 self-admiring1592 self-loving1593 self-liked1599 glass-gazing1608 coxcombly1610 self-admired1621 coxcombical1649 self-idolizing1649 vain1692 flashy1693 vaunty1724 coxcombic1730 self-idolized1766 narcissine1805 foofaraw1848 vanitous1900 narcissistic1915 narcistic1918 dicty1920 narcissist1934 1805 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1962) II. 2495 The concupiscent, vindictive, and narcissine part of our nature. 1813 E. S. Barrett Heroine II. xxii. 77 Flinging off my bonnet, I shook my narcissine locks over my shoulders. 1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson ii. 15 Yet was there nothing Narcissine in her spirit. Her love for her own image was not cold æstheticism. 1936 G. Greene in Spectator 6 Nov. 808/2 A hunt which turns into a mechanised chase, a motorbus playing an agile part; swollen, narcissine, decadent horses preening before gilt mirrors. 1993 J. Meades Pompey (1994) 145 He was in a cul de sac of his own devising, corrupted by his vanity which was not narcissine mirror vanity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1656
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