self-complacent
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of self-complacent
First recorded in 1755–65
Example Sentences
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I never heard a more self-complacent speech in my life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Having thus happily launched himself, Theodore proceeded in his best Parliamentary style: holding forth with a power of self-complacent and steady boredom beyond his years.
From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 by Frances Eleanor Trollope
"Very possibly," said Belle, with a self-complacent smile.
From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida
“I dare say he did want me,” was Harriet’s self-complacent remark.
From Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Lucy Foster Madison
He was not one of those self-complacent and easy theorists, who readily support their favorite doctrine by a few ambiguous texts, or an arbitrary construction of a mooted passage.
From Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou by Maturin Murray Ballou
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