| 单词 | swelled head |
| 释义 | > as lemmasswelled head b. swelled head (figurative): inordinate self-conceit, excessive pride or vanity (humorously regarded as a morbid affection); also, a person affected with ‘swelled head’. colloquial. Hence swelled-headedness.Cf. the earlier swell-headed adj. at swell- comb. form . ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > conceit > [noun] > conceited person coxcomb1567 snipper-snappera1593 conceited1596 feather-cock1612 turkey-cocka1616 cockcomb1684 egotist1715 fop1755 fat1832 swell-head1845 swelled head1862 big-head1863 swollen head1898 Jack Strop1910 trombenik1922 the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > conceit > [noun] opinionc1425 wind1484 vokea1508 conceit1567 self-weening1570 cockishness1573 weening1575 self-conceit1576 self-opinion1593 conceitedness1595 self-conceitednessa1602 self-opinionatedness1668 self-opinionativeness1743 egotism1800 swell-head1845 big-head1850 big-headedness1850 self-opinionedness1879 swollen head1898 swelled-headedness1907 ikeyness1911 1862 Harper's Mag. June 33/1 He was set down as a born aristocrat and ‘swelled head’. 1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed iv. 69 Dick, it is of common report that you are suffering from swelled head. 1900 Times 7 July 10/1 The Queen's-hall was filled with swelled heads, and, judging from your correspondent's note, the swelled heads elected one of their own body. 1907 E. Reich (title) Germany's Swelled Head. 1907 E. Reich Germany's Swelled Head 1 The Germans are afflicted with the severest attack of swelled-headedness known to modern history. < as lemmas |
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