self-lostadj.
/ˌsɛlfˈlɒst/, /ˌsɛlfˈlɔːst/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈlɔst/, /ˌsɛlfˈlɑst/ Now rare.
Lost, esp. morally or spiritually, through one's own actions or behaviour. Formerly also: †lost or ruined according to one's own judgement (obsolete rare).
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the mind > possession > loss > [adjective] > lost > by one's own fault
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > immorality > immoral person > [adjective] > and abandoned
forlorn1154
reprobate1557
forsaken1572
self-losta1586
unprincipled1644
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [adjective] > morally or spiritually ruined or lost > by one's own action
self-losta1586
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [adjective] > morally or spiritually ruined or lost > in one's own estimation
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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) i. sig. G6 Selfe-lost in wandring, banished that place we doe come from.
1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Triumph of Faith 108 It is one thing to be lost, and a sinner, and another thing to be self-lost.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 154 I can repaire That detriment, if such it be to lose Self-lost . View more context for this quotation
1796 F. Burney Camilla II. iii. vii. 149 The infatuated blindness of that self-lost young man.
1856 E. FitzGerald tr. Jámi Salámán & Absál i. 2 Thyself Self-Lost, and Conscience-quit of Good and Evil.
1883 J. Kennedy Poems on Sc. & Amer. Subj. 36 The golden hour When earth seems meet for purer things Than man, self-lost in pride of power.
1971 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 29 Sept. b2/5 Theirs is the choice of the self-lost ones, the lotus eaters with their blown minds..who make a mockery of our nation's attempts at education.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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