philauty

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Selfishness, self-esteem, vanity.

    废旧 不可数

    1721, Nathan Bailey, Divers Proverbs Every Man thinks his own Geese Swans. This Proverb intimates that an inbred Philauty runs through the whole Race of Flesh and Blood and that Self-love is the Mother of Vanity, Pride, and Mistake. It turns a Man's Geese into Swans, his Dunghill Poultry into Pheasants and his Lambs into Venison.

词源

Based on Ancient Greek φιλαυτία (philautía, “self-love, self-regard”), from φιλέω (philéō, “I love”) and αὐτός (autós, “self”).

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