unselfˈchanging ppl. a. -deˈlicious a., † -ˈinteressed ppl. a., -ˈknowing ppl. a., -like a., -ness, -reˈflecting ppl. a., -ˈvaluing ppl. a., -ˈwilledness.
(un-1 7, 7 b, 8, 10, 12; cf. self 1 e, 1 f.)
| 1591 Sylvester Du Bartas i. ii. 212 The World's owne Matter is the waxen Lump, which, *un-self-changing, takes all kind of stamp. |
| Ibid. iii. 1057 Such were not yerst Cincinnatus, Fabricius, Serranus, Curius, who *vn-self-delicious,..With ploughs triumphant plough'd the Roman lands. |
| 1664 H. More Exp. 7 Epist. viii. 134 Thou art a lover of unity, *un-self-interessed, a foe to no body. 1685 ― Paralip. Prophet. l. 465 That full, free, and absolute unself-interessed Good. |
| 1649 Milton Eikon. ix. 78 He twitts them with his Acts of grace; proud, and *unself-knowing words in the mouth of any King. |
| 1598 Sylvester Du Bartas ii. ii. iv. Columnes 195 All Solids else (cast in the Aire) reflect *Un⁓self-like-forms: but in a Globe each tract seems still the same. |
| 1886 G. Macdonald What's Mine's Mine xx, He would have attracted attention anywhere, if only from his look of quiet *unselfness. |
| 1668 H. More Div. Dial. II. 69 Like an *un-self-reflecting and an *un-self-valuing childe. |
| 1684 ― Answer 242 The Wheels and living Creatures being..acted by the spirit, does not signifie an Earthly state in them, but..an *Unselfwilledness. |