self-flatterern.

Brit.

/ˌsɛl(f)ˈflat(ə)rə/, U.S.

/ˌsɛl(f)ˈflædərər/

Forms: see self- prefix and flatterer n.

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

Etymology: < self- prefix + flatterer n., after self-flattery n. Compare earlier self-flattering adj.

A person who engages in self-flattery.

ΚΠ

1586 Earl of Leicester Let. 24 Dec. in H. Brugmans Correspondentie van R. Dudley (1931) II. 3 I thanke God, all the parasites and selfflatterers there shall not be able to wronge my well deserving to that countrye.

1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. l. sig. Nn5 There is a selfe flatterrer, a flatterrer of others in hope of gaine, flatterrers by exchange.

1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 525 Most men are so much self-flatterers, and self-lovers, that they are impatient of any defeats.

1713 M. Henry Self-consideration necessary to Self-preservation 22 Self-flatterers and self-deceivers will prove self-destroyers.

1787 J. Howie Reformation Princ. Pref. p. xli [We may] incur the suspicion of self-flatterers.

1851 C. Brontë Let. 28 Nov. (2000) II. 724 She is no self-flatterer—but—I think—disposed to be as honest with herself as with others.

1926 Spectator 19 June 1038/2 The self-flatterer..desexualizes the human form that he may pride himself on his idealization of it.

2009 Observer (Nexis) 15 Nov. 41 Any political diarist was at best an egotistical self-flatterer.

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

单词	self-flatterer
释义	self-flatterern. Brit. /ˌsɛl(f)ˈflat(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˌsɛl(f)ˈflædərər/ Forms: see self- prefix and flatterer n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, flatterer n. Etymology: < self- prefix + flatterer n., after self-flattery n. Compare earlier self-flattering adj. A person who engages in self-flattery. ΚΠ 1586 Earl of Leicester Let. 24 Dec. in H. Brugmans Correspondentie van R. Dudley (1931) II. 3 I thanke God, all the parasites and selfflatterers there shall not be able to wronge my well deserving to that countrye. 1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. l. sig. Nn5 There is a selfe flatterrer, a flatterrer of others in hope of gaine, flatterrers by exchange. 1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 525 Most men are so much self-flatterers, and self-lovers, that they are impatient of any defeats. 1713 M. Henry Self-consideration necessary to Self-preservation 22 Self-flatterers and self-deceivers will prove self-destroyers. 1787 J. Howie Reformation Princ. Pref. p. xli [We may] incur the suspicion of self-flatterers. 1851 C. Brontë Let. 28 Nov. (2000) II. 724 She is no self-flatterer—but—I think—disposed to be as honest with herself as with others. 1926 Spectator 19 June 1038/2 The self-flatterer..desexualizes the human form that he may pride himself on his idealization of it. 2009 Observer (Nexis) 15 Nov. 41 Any political diarist was at best an egotistical self-flatterer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1586
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