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Webster 1828 Edition


Self-flattery

SELF-FLAT'TERY

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Noun.
Flattery of one's self.

Definition 2024


self-flattery

self-flattery

English

Noun

self-flattery (uncountable)

  1. Flattery of oneself; conceitedness.
    • 1633, John Donne, "Sapho to Philænis":
      Likenesse begets such strange selfe flatterie, / That touching my selfe, all seemes done to thee.