单词 | self-indulger |
释义 | self-indulgern. depreciative. A person who indulges himself or herself; a person who is disposed to gratify his or her own desires or inclinations, esp. with regard to pleasure or comfort. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > selfishness > self-pleasing or self-indulgence > self-indulgent person self-pleaser1582 indulger1648 suist1649 self-indulger1681 cake eater1916 1681 Bp. S. Parker Demonstr. Divine Authority i. 124 Epicurus casts these Self-indulgers out of the number of his wise Men. 1847 F. Trollope Three Cousins II. ix. 186 All the articles ever invented by the ingenuity of man for rendering the retired hours of an aged self-indulger luxurious. a1889 C. Mackay Gossamer & Snowdrift (1890) 26 The enervating stye Where the sensual self-indulgers Grunt and wallow till they die! 1943 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 27 Oct. 9/1 On the black side of the line stand the self-indulgers; the infantile minds who put self-pleasing first in life. 2010 Times 3 Sept. 28/1 We must all decide whether our hearts lie with the self-deniers or the self-indulgers, the prigs or the pigs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1681 |
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