philauty

noun

1. Selfishness, self-esteem, vanity.

   obsolete, uncountable

   At's left ſtood ſpruce and gaudy Philauty, / Whoſe thoughts dwelt on a cryſtal book ſhe held / Eternally to her admiring Eye; / In which her fooliſh ſelf ſhe read, and ſmil'd / On her fair Leſſon; though the brittle Glaſs / Admoniſh'd her how vain her Beauty was.

Where it comes from

Based on Ancient Greek φιλαυτία (philautía, “self-love, self-regard”), from φιλέω (philéō, “I love”) and αὐτός (autós, “self”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry philauty (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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