self-forgetting

American  

[self-fer-get-ing, self-] / ˈsɛlf fərˈgɛt ɪŋ, ˌsɛlf- /

adjective

1. self-forgetful.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• self-forgettingly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of self-forgetting

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.

From MSNBC • Oct. 15, 2014

It is labor for his wife and children and for all his group fellows, and therefore is involved in his holiest, most self-forgetting feelings.

From The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology by Wilson, Warren H. (Warren Hugh)

Those letters, although written to a man in whose heart romance must long ago have been dead, showed how complex was her character, how fervent, enthusiastic and self-forgetting her love.

From The Seven Secrets by Le Queux, William

Brave O-kis-ko loved the maiden With a love which made him noble; With the love that self-forgetting Fills the soul with higher impulse.

From The White Doe The Fate of Virginia Dare by Cotten, Sallie Southall

Albano was pure, true, human, frank, and hearty toward all; there was no vanity in his self-forgetting pride.

From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul