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
They grow more and more tenacious of their idle privileges and senseless self-consequence.
From Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners by Hazlitt, William
"There's nobody else at Verner's Pride should scold me," responded Rachel, with a charming little air of self-consequence.
From Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.
Vanity and self-consequence were the poor fellow's leading foibles, and he did not find that they were gratified when among his equals and superiors in station.
From My Young Alcides by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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