单词 | self-regardless |
释义 | self-regardlessadj. Without self-regard; esp. selfless, unselfish. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > unselfishness > [adjective] > having no thought for self self-forgetting1621 self-dead1647 unselfreflecting1668 self-regardless1808 self-forgetful1822 unselfconscious1866 1808 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1973) III. 3322 Becomes half-melancholy, gives in to wild dissipation, or self-regardless Drinking. 1899 Daily News 2 Oct. 6/4 The courage and self-regardless patriotism of youth. 2003 Times (Nexis) 13 Sept. 46 The hospitality of Australia is wonderful, not only because it is so lavish..but because it is so spontaneous and self-regardless. Derivatives self-reˈgardlessness n. rare ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > unselfishness > [noun] unselfishnessa1834 selflessness1835 self-regardlessness1838 1838 H. M. G. Smythies Fitzherbert I. xvi. 231 Her dress..was huddled on with the self-regardlessness of despair. 1912 Telegraph (Brisbane) 11 Nov. 5/1 Neither our own public life nor that of any other country is so rich in men of ability, integrity, and self-regardlessness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1808 |
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