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单词 self-convicted
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self-convictedadj.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfkənˈvɪktᵻd/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfkənˈvɪktᵻd/
Forms: see self- prefix and convicted adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, convicted adj.
Etymology: < self- prefix + convicted adj.
Shown to be guilty of a crime or error by one's own words or behaviour; self-condemned. Also in extended use of a thing.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [adjective] > dispraised > censured or condemned > self
self-condemned1615
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1618 J. Wood True Honor of Navigation & Navigators 59 The poore sinner..being selfe-conuicted and condemned, doth (in a manner) find himselfe in hell.
1698 N. Whaley Two Serm. 33 The Confessions of penitent and self-convicted Sinners.
1729 R. Savage Wanderer iii. 306 Pale Guilt starts self-convicted, when arraign'd.
1791 Evening Mail 17 Jan. At length the hero of the piece stood self-convicted, and looking stedfastly at the dog, he drew the birds from his pocket.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. ix. 229 I should stand self-convicted of villainy, were I to urge such a deceit.
1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. 738 Such a document is self-convicted [of falsehood or exaggeration].
1932 Moberly (Missouri) Monitor-Index 25 Oct. 7/6 The Republican party stands self-convicted in its failure to relieve conditions.
1961 ABA Jrnl. Dec. 1231/1 You are equally self-convicted..when the police give you an alcoholic blood test or take your finger prints.
2008 ELH 75 904 This self-convicted man is not just forgiven. Rather, he is ritually buried in the very soil he has guiltily tried..to possess.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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