单词 | self-wilfulness |
释义 | self-wilfulnessn. The state or condition of being determined, obstinate, or unreasonable in the pursuit of one's own desires, inclinations, or opinions; self-willedness. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > wilfulness willOE wilfulnessc1200 wilfulshipc1200 own-willa1225 wilsomenessa1382 wilfulheadc1385 headiness1447 self-willa1450 self-willednessc1450 willerdoma1475 wilfulheadness1485 self-wilfulness1511 sensuality1536 headstrongness1598 self-williness1611 prodigity1623 1511 H. Watson tr. Noble Hist. King Ponthus (new ed.) sig. I.viv It semeth me that the warre that is bytwene you is onely but selfewyllfulnes [Fr. vollentés] of hertes of grete lordes. 1570 J. Feckenham in L. Tomson Answere Assertions Fecknam f. 19v In his Preamble he pretendeth some cause, as the auoyding with your worships, the opinion of obstinacie, self wilfulnesse, want of iust matter to mislike in the foresayd Sermon. a1658 O. Sedgwick Parable of Prodigal (1660) 98 On self-wilfulness; if you do resolve to be your own Master, you can never resolve to be Gods Servant. 1785 W. Combe Hist. & Antiq. York (1785) II. 25 A Sheriff being chosen, and through Obstinacy, Self-wilfulness, or any other unlawful Impediment, refusing to stand, he is..fined. 1830 E. I. Burrow tr. Hours of Devotion Promotion True Christianity & Family Worship xxii. 317 Do not spoil your heart by self-wilfulness—by acting and speaking just as at one moment or another you may fancy. 1884 Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. & Biogr. 8 363 His own self-wilfulness was the cause of his removal. 1902 Werner's Mag. 29 336 Son-in-law, you do right in gently curbing the self-wilfulness of your young wife. 1985 B. M. G. Reardon Relig. in Age of Romanticism (1989) 71 Man's uncomprehending state of harmony with his environment is replaced by..an awareness of his limitation, individuality and self-wilfulness. 2014 T. Churton Jerusalem! xi. 153 The pleasure of sex is itself innocent and..it is human self-wilfulness that perverts its joys. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1511 |
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