self-sacrificing
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.43 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Making, or willing to make, a self-sacrifice.
verb
present participle and gerund of self-sacrifice
Example Sentences
- "Mother Teresa's self-sacrificing nature made her world-famous."
- "It [Troutbeck] has religious isolation also, for it is several miles—and very strenuous miles in winter—from the parish church at Mungrisdale, and the introduction of the harmonium to the waiting room was due to the zeal of a vicar of many years ago who, in the absence of any other room in the village, obtained permission to use the premises for services, including Sunday School. Most of his successors have continued this self-sacrificing duty."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English sacrificing English self-sacrificing From self- + sacrificing.
Inflected Forms
more self-sacrificing (comparative)
most self-sacrificing (superlative)