self-combustionn.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlfkəmˈbʌstʃ(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˌsɛlfkəmˈbəstʃ(ə)n/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, combustion n.

Etymology: < self- prefix + combustion n. Compare later self-combust v.

1. The action or process of catching fire and burning without (apparent) external cause. Cf. spontaneous combustion n. at spontaneous adj. 4b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > going or setting on fire > going on fire > spontaneously

needfire1531

spontaneous combustion1795

self-combustion1800

1800 Commerc. & Agric. Mag. Aug. 119 One of the most famous instances of a witch, consumed by self-combustion, delivered down to us, by traditionary report, is that of Mother Pett, at Ipswich.

1855 W. Papworth Notes Spontaneous Combustion 13 Mr. Edmund Davy, Professor of Chemistry in the Dublin Society,..had no direct evidence that self-combustion of cotton mixed with oil could take place.

1896 Science 24 July 115/1 The fire occurred in the storage room through self combustion of chemicals.

1952 Jrnl. Criminal Law, Criminol., & Police Sci. 42 806 The entire chain of events including both death and incineration resulted from spontaneous self-combustion.

1991 A. Cracknell & L. Hayes Introd. Remote Sensing x. 217 The traditional method for the monitoring of self combustion in coal is by the use of thermistors.

2012 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 19 Sept. 88 If it is wetter it [sc. hay] can go mouldy or undergo self-combustion and burn.

2. figurative and in figurative contexts. The action or process of being destroyed from within, self-destruction; the process or state of being overwhelmed or consumed by strong emotions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > self-destruction

self-murdera1631

felon-de-se1648

felo-de-se1678

self-destructiveness1733

self-combustion1837

auto-destruction1888

self-liquidation1928

self-destruct1962

auto-destruct1968

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vi. iii. 202 In this manner does Sansculottism blaze up... Feudalism is struck dead; not on parchment only, and by ink; but in very fact, by fire; say, by self-combustion.

1875 E. K. Laird Rambles Globe Trotter i. i. 7 He is so puffed up with self-conceit that he will be dying of self-combustion before his coronation is likely to take place.

1930 Age (Melbourne) 29 Dec. 4/3 The situation as it was when the session mercifully ended holds all the elements of self-combustion, and can be saved only by a resumption of strong leadership.

1956 Amer. Hist. Rev. 62 215 There is little consideration of the newer elements of social and economic self-combustion as outlined in the crucial volumes of the Carnegie series on World War I.

2008 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 20 Nov. 62/3 A minefield of racy anecdotes that detonate with lustful self-combustion every few paragraphs.

2012 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. (Nexis) 18 May 28 Our political leaders wring their hands in anguish over the threatened self-combustion of the euro.

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

单词	self-combustion
释义	self-combustionn. Brit. /ˌsɛlfkəmˈbʌstʃ(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfkəmˈbəstʃ(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, combustion n. Etymology: < self- prefix + combustion n. Compare later self-combust v. 1. The action or process of catching fire and burning without (apparent) external cause. Cf. spontaneous combustion n. at spontaneous adj. 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [noun] > going or setting on fire > going on fire > spontaneously needfire1531 spontaneous combustion1795 self-combustion1800 1800 Commerc. & Agric. Mag. Aug. 119 One of the most famous instances of a witch, consumed by self-combustion, delivered down to us, by traditionary report, is that of Mother Pett, at Ipswich. 1855 W. Papworth Notes Spontaneous Combustion 13 Mr. Edmund Davy, Professor of Chemistry in the Dublin Society,..had no direct evidence that self-combustion of cotton mixed with oil could take place. 1896 Science 24 July 115/1 The fire occurred in the storage room through self combustion of chemicals. 1952 Jrnl. Criminal Law, Criminol., & Police Sci. 42 806 The entire chain of events including both death and incineration resulted from spontaneous self-combustion. 1991 A. Cracknell & L. Hayes Introd. Remote Sensing x. 217 The traditional method for the monitoring of self combustion in coal is by the use of thermistors. 2012 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 19 Sept. 88 If it is wetter it [sc. hay] can go mouldy or undergo self-combustion and burn. 2. figurative and in figurative contexts. The action or process of being destroyed from within, self-destruction; the process or state of being overwhelmed or consumed by strong emotions. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > self-destruction self-murdera1631 felon-de-se1648 felo-de-se1678 self-destructiveness1733 self-combustion1837 auto-destruction1888 self-liquidation1928 self-destruct1962 auto-destruct1968 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vi. iii. 202 In this manner does Sansculottism blaze up... Feudalism is struck dead; not on parchment only, and by ink; but in very fact, by fire; say, by self-combustion. 1875 E. K. Laird Rambles Globe Trotter i. i. 7 He is so puffed up with self-conceit that he will be dying of self-combustion before his coronation is likely to take place. 1930 Age (Melbourne) 29 Dec. 4/3 The situation as it was when the session mercifully ended holds all the elements of self-combustion, and can be saved only by a resumption of strong leadership. 1956 Amer. Hist. Rev. 62 215 There is little consideration of the newer elements of social and economic self-combustion as outlined in the crucial volumes of the Carnegie series on World War I. 2008 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 20 Nov. 62/3 A minefield of racy anecdotes that detonate with lustful self-combustion every few paragraphs. 2012 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. (Nexis) 18 May 28 Our political leaders wring their hands in anguish over the threatened self-combustion of the euro. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1800
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