† self-ˈinteressed, ppl. a. Obs.
[See interessed.]
= self-interested.
| 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. i. xi. (1674) 14 The self-interessed and perfidious heart of Man. 1707 Lond. Gaz. No. 4324/1 Those narrow Self-Interessed Notions which..had so long cramp'd and fetter'd them. |