self-consequence
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of self-consequence
First recorded in 1770–80
Example Sentences
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It is essentially Friel's lack of self-consequence that makes her so appealingly distinct from other British actresses--and many American ones too.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had high animal spirits, and a sort of natural self-consequence, which the attentions of the officers, to whom her uncle’s good dinners and her own easy manners recommended her, had increased into assurance.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
She had carried herself with an air of too much self-consequence; or, if she came down to the level of old friends and companions, it was with too evident a feeling of condescension.
From The Allen House by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
They grow more and more tenacious of their idle privileges and senseless self-consequence.
From Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners by William Hazlitt
Besides, she was a sharp and quizzical old thing, and from the height of her own self-consequence she stole glances at him that were a nice mingling of caution and truculence.
From The Sailor by J. C. Snaith
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