† self-contentingadj.

Forms: see self- prefix and contenting adj.

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

Etymology: < self- prefix + contenting adj. Compare earlier self-content n., self-contentment n.

Obsolete.

Of or relating to self-contentment; that brings self-contentment. Also: that contents oneself.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > self-satisfaction > [adjective] > self-satisfying

self-pleasing1590

self-contentinga1612

self-satisfying1649

the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > complacency > [adjective] > causing complacency

self-contentinga1612

self-satisfying1649

a1612 J. Harington Epigrams (1615) sig. D3 Because in this my selfe contenting vaine, To write so many toyes, I take some leasure.

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Luke ii. 16) He would chuse to live and dye in his self-contenting secresie.

1846 M. M. Hays Helen Stanley ix. 200 She was..so reserved and self-possessed, and as it seemed to him so self-contenting, that the idea of her marriage had rarely passed through his mind.

1865 F. Prideaux Claudia iv. 170 I feel within a self-contenting strength.

1906 ‘M. Twain’ What is Man? iii. 40 The proposition that no act is ever born of any but a self-contenting impulse.

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

单词	self-contenting
释义	† self-contentingadj. Forms: see self- prefix and contenting adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, contenting adj. Etymology: < self- prefix + contenting adj. Compare earlier self-content n., self-contentment n. Obsolete. Of or relating to self-contentment; that brings self-contentment. Also: that contents oneself. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > self-satisfaction > [adjective] > self-satisfying self-pleasing1590 self-contentinga1612 self-satisfying1649 the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > complacency > [adjective] > causing complacency self-contentinga1612 self-satisfying1649 a1612 J. Harington Epigrams (1615) sig. D3 Because in this my selfe contenting vaine, To write so many toyes, I take some leasure. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Luke ii. 16) He would chuse to live and dye in his self-contenting secresie. 1846 M. M. Hays Helen Stanley ix. 200 She was..so reserved and self-possessed, and as it seemed to him so self-contenting, that the idea of her marriage had rarely passed through his mind. 1865 F. Prideaux Claudia iv. 170 I feel within a self-contenting strength. 1906 ‘M. Twain’ What is Man? iii. 40 The proposition that no act is ever born of any but a self-contenting impulse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.a1612
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