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单词 philauty
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philautyn.

Forms: 1500s phylautye, 1500s–1600s philautie, 1700s philauty.
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin philautia; Greek ϕιλαυτία.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin philautia or its etymon Hellenistic Greek ϕιλαυτία philautia n.; compare -y suffix3. Compare Middle French, French philautie (1520). Compare earlier philautia n.
Obsolete.
Self-love; undue regard for oneself or one's own interests; selfishness; = philautia n.
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > self-love
philautia1528
self-love1539
philauty1564
self-lovingnessa1628
self-partiality1628
1564 in P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. (1864) III. 401 Phylautye which maketh us fancy too much our own conceptions.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 86/2 There we see philautie or selfe-love, which rageth in men so preposterouslie.
1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs §72 And will have philautie to be natures first-born.
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. at Geese This Proverb intimates that an inbred Philauty runs through the whole Race.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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