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单词 self-will
释义

self-willn.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈwɪl/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈwɪl/
Forms: see self- prefix and will n.1
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Low German sülfwille high-handedness, arbitrariness, Old High German selbwillo , selpwillo , selpwelī free will, arbitrariness (compare German Selbstwille ), Old Icelandic sjálfvili free will (compare Old Swedish sialfsvili ) < the Germanic base of self- prefix + the Germanic base of will n.1 Compare self-willes adv., self-will adj., and self-willy adj.With use in adverbial phrases in sense 1 compare Old High German (pī) selpwillin , Old Icelandic með (also at) sjálfvilja , all in sense ‘voluntarily, of one's own accord’. Compare also Old English sylfes willum of one's own accord (attested in verse). With sense 2 compare earlier own-will n. at own adj. and pron. Compounds 1.
1. One's own desire, inclination, or opinion. Obsolete.In Old English only in adverbial phrases headed by a preposition, as by, on; cf. self-willes adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > [noun]
willeOE
hearteOE
i-willc888
self-willeOE
intent?c1225
device1303
couragec1320
talentc1325
greec1330
voluntyc1330
fantasyc1374
likinga1375
disposingc1380
pleasancea1382
affectionc1390
wish1390
disposition1393
affecta1398
likea1400
lista1400
pleasingc1400
emplesance1424
pleasurec1425
well-willingc1443
notiona1450
mindc1450
fancy1465
empleseur1473
hest?a1513
plighta1535
inclination1541
cue1567
month's mind1580
disposedness1583
leaning1587
humour1595
wouldings1613
beneplacit1643
wouldingness1645
vergency1649
bene-placiture1662
good liking1690
draught1758
tida1774
inkling1787
eOE Metres of Boethius (transcript of damaged MS) (2009) iv. 50 Gif ðu nu, waldend, ne wilt wirde steoran, ac on selfwille sigan lætest, þonne ic wat þætte wile woruldmen tweogan.
OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) xxii. 377 Ða ðe nu be sylfwille Gode þeowiað, hie gefeoð þonne on þam heofonlican brydbure.
lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) (2009) I. xi. 261 Getæc me nu sumne mann þara ðe þe gesælegost þince & on his selfwille sy swiðost gewiten.
a1425 Dialogue Reason & Adversity (Cambr.) (1968) 21 (MED) A legale seruaunt is he whom fortune or self wille haþ feterid with þe bond of bondage.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 187 We say..yat a monk has na self will, bot anerly the will of his Abbot.
1570 Horrible & Wofull Destr. Sodome & Gomorra (single sheet) Then all in vayne, Lot preached styll. They all did folow their selfe wyll, For that was their desire.
1584 A. Gee Grounds of Christianitie 19 Haue we this fayth in our owne power to beleeue of our selfe will.
2. Determined, obstinate, or unreasonable pursuit of one's own desires, inclinations, or opinions.
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
a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) l. 3009 Than grete wrong ye doo to me Whan I can not accused be By noo man but by your selfwil And Ayeinst al reason and skill, Ye wold murdre me by might.
c1475 (c1450) P. Idley Instr. to his Son (Cambr.) (1935) i. l. 378 (MED) Eche man hath othir in hate, And all is for lacke of witte and reason; Self wille is maistre of hir measoun.
c1475 in F. J. Furnivall Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 143 Where that selfe-wylle ys reygnyng, The whyche causethe dyscord and debate, And resun hathe none enteryng.
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes (1937) i. xx. 71 So blynded that thy selfwylle letteth the to submytte thy self to reason.
?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. Cv All on selfe wyll, without reason they fyght.
1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 48 They are growen to such a selfe-wil and liking of their owne opinions.
1604 Bachelers Banquet i. sig. A2 Being ouer-ruled by selfe will, and blinded by folly: he suppose them therein to haue the fulnes of their delight.
1657 Baker's Sancta Sophia I. ii. iii. 319 All the comfort of Nature lies in Selfe will.
1719 J. Wasse in Reformed Devotions ii. 324 I am not only thy Creature, but thorough my own default and self-will, a sinful Creature.
1782 W. Cowper Progress of Error in Poems 68 First appetite enlists him truth's sworn foe, Then obstinate self-will confirms him so.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 286 So totally unacquainted with contradiction, that she did not even use the tone of self-will.
1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 201 All idolatry is self-will, first choosing a god, and then enslaved to it.
1907 N.Y. Observer & Chron. 16 May 647/2 A certain self-will and disregard of his dependence upon Jehovah.
1960 C. Achebe No Longer at Ease 6 They wanted him to read law... But when he got to England he read English; his self-will was not new.
2016 Times 8 Oct. (Nexis) (Features section) 14 It was attending the family support group, Al-Anon, that caused her to consider the evils of self-will.

Phrases

of self-will: without cause. Cf. self-willy adv. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] > without cause or reason
causelessc1374
self-willya1400
of self-willa1450
causelessly1561
for nothing1592
(all) for nought1607
reasonlessly1612
reasonlessa1652
a1450 in W. T. Barbour Hist. Contract in Early Eng. Equity (1914) 222 (MED) The seid Sir William now of self wille and wythoute any cause refusith it.
1498 Interpr. Names Goddis & Goddesses (de Worde) sig. Aij/2 Of very pure malyce & of sylfewyll.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) lxviii. §5. 238 Multiplide thai ere abouen the hares of my heued: that hatid has me of selfwill.
1592 M. Sutcliffe Answere to Libel Pref. sig. B2v If a man offend in any small point of law, and that not of malice, it were lawfull for these fellowes to ouerthrow all lawes, and that of selfewill, and malicious purpose.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

self-willadj.

Forms:

α. Old English selfwil- (inflected form, before r), Old English selfwille, Old English selwille (rare), Old English sylfwil- (inflected form, before r), Old English sylfwille.

β. see self-will n.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by compounding. Apparently partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: self- prefix, English -wille ; self-will n.
Etymology: In α. forms (in sense 1) < self- prefix + Old English -wille ( < the Germanic base of will n.1 + a suffix forming adjectives; compare Old English ānwille onwil adj. and Gothic gawiljis unanimous). Compare Gothic silbawiljos (plural) volunteers. Compare self-will n., self-willes adv. In β. forms (in sense 2) apparently independently re-formed < self-will n. Compare self-willy adj. and also self-willing adj., self-willed adj.With the β. forms compare also attributive uses of self-love n. (see quot. 1596 at self-love n. 1) and self-pity n. (see quot. a1628 at self-pity n.). Apparently re-formed in the 16th cent.
Obsolete.
1. Spontaneous; voluntary.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > free will > [adjective] > proceeding from free will
selflyOE
self-willOE
willesOE
needlessc1225
wilninga1250
wilfulc1374
voluntaryc1449
spontany1532
voluntarious1532
spontaneal1602
voluntaire1615
self-willing1625
ultroneous1637
unimposed1642
elective1643
spontaneous1656
contingent1660
unmechanic1709
volitient1844
unmechanical1865
OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 206 Þæt is on Englisc, halig mod sylfwille [L. mentem sanctam spontaneam], wurðmynt þam welwyllendan Gode, and eardes alysednyss.
OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 169 Uoluntarię seruitutis : selwilles [OE Digby 146 sylfwilles] þeowdomes.
OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 239 Spontaneo : uoluntario, mid selfwilre.
2. Determined, obstinate, or unreasonable in the pursuit of one's own desires, inclinations, or opinions; characterized by this; self-willed.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > wilful
onwileOE
wilfulc1200
willesfulc1225
headstronga1398
wilsomea1400
headya1425
overthrowing?a1425
self-willya1425
self-willedc1450
sensual1524
wayward1528
headish1530
affectionate1534
self-will1562
strongheaded1579
hard-mouthed1610
brag-brained1648
self-wilful1648
overwilled1650
will-strong1654
cobby1785
willyart1791
brain-strong1863
1562 T. Cooper Answere Def. Truth f. 122, in Apol. Priuate Masse They be selfwill moichers, they be not diligent scholers.
a1568 R. Ascham Rep. & Disc. Affaires Germany (?1570) f. 9 Contemnyng easely all aduise of others (which selfe will condition doth commonly follow).
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales iv. v. 96 To single out a course..betweene selfewill stubbornes, and filthy flattery.
1641 J. de la March Complaint False Prophets Mariners 21 Utterly to abolish and cashire out all false selfe will worship & superstitious ceremonies.
1719 J. T. Philipps tr. B. Ziegenbalg Thirty-four Confer. 83 Their pretended meritorious Performances of Self-will Worship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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