selfistn.

Brit.

/ˈsɛlfɪst/, U.S.

/ˈsɛlfəst/

Forms: 1600s selfeist, 1700s– selfist.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self n., -ist suffix.

Etymology: < self n. + -ist suffix.

A self-centred or selfish person. Formerly also: †a self-serving thing (obsolete rare).

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > selfishness > selfish person

selfist1649

solipsist1910

1649 J. Ellistone tr. J. Böhme Epist. i. lxii. 14 [It] covetously desireth to draw their life and maintenance to it selfe, and to make it selfe a Lord over it, and will be a Selfeist [Ger. ein eigenes].

1737 Common Sense 10 Dec. 1/2 His Works hereafter will be more favourably receiv'd..by the Meists and Selfists.

1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm ix. 223 The anchoret is a selfist by his very profession.

1857 J. Hamilton Lessons from Great Biogr. (1859) 270 I have been a mere selfist, living for men's praise.

1937 Moorhead (Minnesota) Daily News 19 Apr. 2/6 Humor a selfist and you build up a dragon that will devour his nearest and dearest to satisfy his own insatiable appetite for comfort, for command, for self-glory.

2016 Sc. Express (Nexis) 13 Dec. 23 These people are ‘selfists’, puffed up with their own importance and only interested in what suits them.

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

单词	selfist
释义	selfistn. Brit. /ˈsɛlfɪst/, U.S. /ˈsɛlfəst/ Forms: 1600s selfeist, 1700s– selfist. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self n., -ist suffix. Etymology: < self n. + -ist suffix. A self-centred or selfish person. Formerly also: †a self-serving thing (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > selfishness > selfish person selfist1649 solipsist1910 1649 J. Ellistone tr. J. Böhme Epist. i. lxii. 14 [It] covetously desireth to draw their life and maintenance to it selfe, and to make it selfe a Lord over it, and will be a Selfeist [Ger. ein eigenes]. 1737 Common Sense 10 Dec. 1/2 His Works hereafter will be more favourably receiv'd..by the Meists and Selfists. 1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm ix. 223 The anchoret is a selfist by his very profession. 1857 J. Hamilton Lessons from Great Biogr. (1859) 270 I have been a mere selfist, living for men's praise. 1937 Moorhead (Minnesota) Daily News 19 Apr. 2/6 Humor a selfist and you build up a dragon that will devour his nearest and dearest to satisfy his own insatiable appetite for comfort, for command, for self-glory. 2016 Sc. Express (Nexis) 13 Dec. 23 These people are ‘selfists’, puffed up with their own importance and only interested in what suits them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1649
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