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Webster 1913 Edition
Self-sufficient
Selfˊ-suf-fi′cient
,Adj.
1.
Sufficient for one’s self without external aid or cooperation.
Neglect of friends can never be proved rational till we prove the person using it omnipotent and
self-sufficient
, and such as can never need any mortal assistance. South.
2.
Having an overweening confidence in one's own abilities or worth; hence, haughty; overbearing.
“A rash and self-sufficient manner.” I. Watts.
Webster 1828 Edition
Self-sufficient
SELF-SUFFI''CIENT
,Adj.
Definition 2024
self-sufficient
self-sufficient
English
Adjective
self-sufficient (comparative more self-sufficient, superlative most self-sufficient)
- Able to provide for oneself independently of others.
- (of a person) Too confident.
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Translations
able to provide for oneself independently of others
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too confident
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