self-openedadj.
/ˌsɛlfˈəʊp(ə)nd/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈoʊp(ə)nd/ Now rare.
That has opened automatically or of its own accord.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective] > opened > of its own accord
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1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 254 The gate self-opend wide On golden Hinges turning. View more context for this quotation
1763 G. Graham Telemachus 15 Ere he arrive at Heaven's self-opened gate, The' imperial cities..Shrink to an atom's space.
1824 T. Hood Two Swans in New Monthly Mag. 10 148 A little casement... Widens self-open'd into the cool air.
1858 Ballou's Dollar Monthly Mag. Aug. 194/1 The vision of a dissevered hand and arm, seen at the self-opened door of his mother's cottage.
1875 H. Ellison Stones from Quarry 54 On slender prompting, here before me lies The page divine, self-opened.
1953 Jrnl. Wildlife Managem. 17 130/2 Many of the cones cut and dropped by squirrels opened on the ground before the rodents were able to strip off the bracts and remove the seeds. These self-opened cones attracted white-breasted nuthatches, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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