Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who selfishly seeks his own gratification; a self-seeker; an egotist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare One who seeks for things which gratify merely himself; a selfish person; a selfist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who seeks for things which
gratify merely himself; aselfish person; aselfist .
Etymologies
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Latin suus ("belonging to himself or oneself").
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Examples
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This failing, men turned to the Latin; one writer trying to supply the want by calling the man a ‘suist’, as one seeking
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
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‘suist’, and ‘suicism’, in lieu of those which have ultimately been adopted.
English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846
ruzuzu commented on the word suist
"One who selfishly seeks his own gratification; a self-seeker; an egotist."
--Century Dictionary
January 18, 2011
rolig commented on the word suist
Yes, a nice word. But one of the failings of the definitions that Wordnik provides from other sources (e.g. The Century Dictionary) is that it leaves out usage tags and citations. This word, for instance, is marked as "rare" by the Century Dictionary, which also supplies the following wonderful citation from R. Whitlock's Zootomia:
"In short, a suist and selfe-projector (so far as known) is one the world would not care how soon he were gone; and when gone one that heaven will never receive; for thither I am sure he cometh not that would (like him) go thither alone."
January 19, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word suist
I know--I really love it when the citations are unintentionally disguised as definitions (and hilarity ensues).
January 19, 2011
rolig commented on the word suist
Well, with words that no one really uses or understands, it is not surprising that the only citations available are those that explain what the word means.
January 19, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word suist
Oh, absolutely! What I meant to say is that there are times when missing citations seem to have gotten coded in as if they actually were part of the definition. The best example I can think of is single-soled.
January 19, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word suist
See discussion on sustainism.
February 2, 2011