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Webster 1913 Edition


Self-conscious

Selfˊ-con′scious

,
Adj.
1.
Conscious of one’s acts or state as belonging to, or originating in, one's self.
“My self-conscious worth.”
Dryden.
2.
Conscious of one's self as an object of the observation of others;
as, the speaker was too
self-conscious
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Self-conscious

SELF-CON'SCIOUS

,
Adj.
[self and conscious.] Conscious in one's self.