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▪ I. † self-ˈwilly, a. Obs. Also 5 sel(f)wylly, cel(f)wyl(l)y. [f. self-will n. + -y1. Cf. good-willy, ill-willy, and MDu. selfwilligh, MLG. sulfwillich, OHG. selbuuillich (cf. early MHG. selbswillig), ON. sjálfviljugr, Goth. silbawiljis ‘αὐθαίρετος’.] Self-willed.c 1440 Jacob's Well 70 Whan a man f...
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self-willed, a. Also 5 -willyd, Sc. -willit, 6 -wyld, 6–7 -wild, 7 wil'd; 5 selwillyd. [f. self-will n. + -ed2. Cf. self-willy.] Wilful or obstinate in the pursuit of one's own desires or opinions; characterized by self-will. G. Campbell Philos. Rhet. (1776) I. 421 mentions the word as being ‘now li...
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▪ I. self-will, n. [Com. Teut.: OE. selfwill = MLG. sulfwille, OHG. selb-, selpuuillo, -uuilli (cf. mod.Ger. selbstwille), ON. sjálfvili (cf. MSw. sialfsvili): see self- and will n., and cf. self-willy a.] † 1. OE., ME. selfwilles (advb. gen.), voluntarily, of one's own accord; ME. of selfwill, with...
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