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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1564
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(Philautie,) Phylautye, n. [e.m.E. philautie (1577–87), Gk. φιλαυτία.] Love of oneself, self-conceit. — 1564 Maitland in Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) III. 401.
Such is the nature of man and phylautye which maketh us fancy too much our own conceptions
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