self-slainadj.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlfˈsleɪn/, U.S.

/ˌsɛlfˈsleɪn/

Forms: see self- prefix and slain adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, slain adj.

Etymology: < self- prefix + slain adj. Compare earlier self-slaughter n., self-slayer n.

Now archaic or literary.

Of a person: slain or killed by his or her own action. Formerly also: †(of another person) slain by oneself (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > suicide > [adjective] > having committed suicide

self-slaughtered1594

self-murdered1598

self-killed1609

self-slain1615

self-immolated1799

suicided1841

1615 J. Taylor Faire & Fowle Weather sig. A4^v Progne in the Chimneys top doth keepe And for her selfe-borne selfe-slaine sonne doth weepe.

1777 W. Green tr. Horace Odes iii. viii. 122 No more, th' infesting Medes, we dread, Who..Fall in lugubrious arms, self slain.

1793 G. Butt Poems II. 188 Genius self-slain, and useless for its end, Warring at what God made it to defend.

1814 Ld. Byron Wks. (1832) X. 257 Sausages made of a self-slain Jew.

1883 L. Morris Songs Unsung 27 Being self-slain and numbered with the dead.

1932 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 304/1 If the Samurai code existed in America today, Tammany Hall would be a catacomb of self-slain heroes.

1987 Renaissance Q. 40 252 The self-slain Lucrece startingly [sic] sheds red and black blood.

2005 Financial Times 9 June 13/4 Memories of a self-slain first husband.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	self-slain
释义	self-slainadj. Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈsleɪn/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈsleɪn/ Forms: see self- prefix and slain adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, slain adj. Etymology: < self- prefix + slain adj. Compare earlier self-slaughter n., self-slayer n. Now archaic or literary. Of a person: slain or killed by his or her own action. Formerly also: †(of another person) slain by oneself (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > suicide > [adjective] > having committed suicide self-slaughtered1594 self-murdered1598 self-killed1609 self-slain1615 self-immolated1799 suicided1841 1615 J. Taylor Faire & Fowle Weather sig. A4^v Progne in the Chimneys top doth keepe And for her selfe-borne selfe-slaine sonne doth weepe. 1777 W. Green tr. Horace Odes iii. viii. 122 No more, th' infesting Medes, we dread, Who..Fall in lugubrious arms, self slain. 1793 G. Butt Poems II. 188 Genius self-slain, and useless for its end, Warring at what God made it to defend. 1814 Ld. Byron Wks. (1832) X. 257 Sausages made of a self-slain Jew. 1883 L. Morris Songs Unsung 27 Being self-slain and numbered with the dead. 1932 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 304/1 If the Samurai code existed in America today, Tammany Hall would be a catacomb of self-slain heroes. 1987 Renaissance Q. 40 252 The self-slain Lucrece startingly [sic] sheds red and black blood. 2005 Financial Times 9 June 13/4 Memories of a self-slain first husband. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1615
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