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Definition of Selfist
1. n. A selfish person.
Definition of Selfist
1. Noun. A selfish person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Selfist
1. one who is dedicated to self [n -S]
Medical Definition of Selfist
1. A selfish person. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Selfist
Literary usage of Selfist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"... betrays the disguised selfist ;—not one indicates the anxiety of a man who is
tormented with the apprehension that his friends are underrating his ..."
2. Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect by Hezekiah Niles (1822)
"The wealth of Europe \»ii, and Africa, will flow in upon America: Ou T»dt will
no longer be confined by the selfist regulations of an avaricious ..."
3. Natural History of Enthusiasm by Isaac Taylor (1859)
"But the anchoret is a selfist by his very profession ; and, like the sensualist,
though his taste is of another kind, he pursues his personal gratifications ..."
4. The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler, David Josiah Brewer (1900)
"Such a man is a complete selfist. I am weary of hearing such men talk about
their " family "— and their " family "— they " must provide for their family. ..."
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