self-consequence

[ self-kon-si-kwuh ns, self- ]

/ ˈsɛlfˈkɒn sɪ kwəns, ˌsɛlf- /

self-important character or quality; self-importance.

Origin of self-consequence

First recorded in 1770–80

Some there were, indeed, who suggested a too haughty idea of self-consequence and dignity.

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe |Edgar Allan Poe
She did not know that selfishness had thrown out the branch of self-consequence.

Countess Kate |Charlotte M. Yonge
Who had been at pains to give Harriet notions of self-consequence but herself?

Emma |Jane Austen
Time has not affected his intellect, or impaired his self-consequence.

The Puddleford Papers, |H. H. Riley

"There's nobody else at Verner's Pride should scold me," responded Rachel, with a charming little air of self-consequence.

Verner's Pride |Mrs. Henry Wood