self-wrong
English
Etymology
Etymology tree
From self- + wrong. First attested in 1580–1590.
Noun
self-wrong (plural self-wrongs)
- A wrong done to oneself.
- c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 92, column 2:
- But leaſt my ſelfe be guilty to ſelfe wrong, ¶ Ile ſtop mine eares againſt the Mermaids ſong.
- But lest myself be guilty to self-wrong, ¶ I’ll stop mine ears against the mermaid’s song.
Further reading
- “self-wrong, n.”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026, retrieved 19 July 2026, sourced from Noah Porter, editor, Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary of the English Dictionary, London: George Bell & Sons and Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam Company, 1913, →OCLC.
- “self-wrong, n.”, in Merriam-Webster Online, Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1996–present.
- “self-wrong, n.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, retrieved 19 July 2026.
- “self-wrong, n.”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC, retrieved 19 July 2026: “Self"-wrong` (?), n. Wrong done by a person himself. Shak.”
- Noah Webster (1828), “self-wrong”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume II (J–Z), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC, column 3: “SELF-WRONG', noun [self and wrong.] Wrong done by a person to himself. ¶ Shak.”