Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who selfishly seeks his own gratification; a self-seeker; an egotist.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. rare One who seeks for things which gratify merely himself; a selfish person; a selfist.
Etymologies
- Latin suus ("belonging to himself or oneself"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“This failing, men turned to the Latin; one writer trying to supply the want by calling the man a ‘suist’, as one seeking”
“‘suist’, and ‘suicism’, in lieu of those which have ultimately been adopted.”
Lists
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ruzuzu See discussion on sustainism. Feb 2, 2011
ruzuzu 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. Jan 19, 2011
rolig 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. Jan 19, 2011
ruzuzu I know--I really love it when the citations are unintentionally disguised as definitions (and hilarity ensues). Jan 19, 2011
rolig 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." Jan 19, 2011
ruzuzu "One who selfishly seeks his own gratification; a self-seeker; an egotist."
--Century Dictionary Jan 18, 2011