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单词 self-applause
释义

self-applausen.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfəˈplɔːz/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfəˈplɔz/, /ˌsɛlfəˈplɑz/
Forms: see self- prefix and applause n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, applause n.
Etymology: < self- prefix + applause n. Compare earlier self-applauding adj.
Praise, commendation, or approval of oneself; self-congratulation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > [noun]
vainglorya1300
gloryc1340
vaingloriousness1542
self-glory1549
self-flattery1574
self-praise1586
self-exaltation1615
self-applause1625
self-exalting1634
self-glorying1646
self-attribution1649
self-gloriation1654
self-congratulation1655
self-gratulation1697
self-glorification?1800
vaingloriness1820
1625 R. Bolton Some Gen. Direct. for Comfortable Walking with God 126 To proclaime many times with great noise, and selfe-applause, their owne idle malignant forgeries and fancies.
1678 A. Marvell Remarks Late Disingenuous Disc. 74 It's Insolent Boasting and Self-applause upon no occasion.
1728 A. Pope Dunciad i. 70 She..With self-applause her wild creation views.
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xliv. 76 He addressed me..with a smile of self-applause.
1816 S. Whelpley Lett. addressed to C. Strong v. 27 He..thinks with high gratulation and self-applause on the safety which his own arm afforded him.
1880 J. H. Burton Hist. Reign Queen Anne II. xi. 228 The exulting and abounding current of his self-applause.
1939 H. G. Wells Holy Terror iv. i. 345 The sense of being the overworked servant of mankind passed into a glow of righteous self-applause.
1972 ELH 39 410 Mrs. Bennet's self-applause for keeping Jane and Bingley together at Netherfield: ‘This was a lucky idea of mine, indeed!’
2004 Investors Chron. (Nexis) 13 Feb. Management reviews..are too often an exercise in uncritical self-applause.

Derivatives

self-aˈpplausive adj. now rare engaging in, characterized by, or involving self-applause; cf. self-applauding adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > [adjective]
gloriousa1382
vainglorious?a1500
self-flatteringa1586
self-exalting1601
self-applauding1614
self-praised1626
self-flattered1647
self-glorying1659
self-exalted1668
self-gratulating1755
self-congratulating1774
self-congratulatory1798
self-applausivea1805
self-gratulatory1818
self-exaltative1821
a1805 D. Gilson Serm. Pract. Subj. (1807) vii. 136 A mind already wounded with..self-applausive—unnecessary advice.
1854 W. G. Simms Southward Ho! viii. 129 Here are texts to stimulate into eloquence a thousand annual self-applausive orators, for a thousand years to come.
1915 S. H. Adams Little Miss Grouch iii. 84 He burst into a paroxysm of self-applausive mirth over his joke.
1941 B. Tarkington Fighting Littles xiii. 118 The dancers..dropped sittingly, side by side, upon a sofa, screaming with self-applausive laughter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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