egotist
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
ego + t (“inserted to avoid hiatus, or after the analogy of dramatist, epigrammatist, etc.”) + -ist
[edit] Noun
egotist (plural egotists)
- A person who talks excessively about himself
- A person who believes in his own importance or superiority.
- An egoist.
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[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
he who is egotistical
[edit] External links
- egotist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- egotist in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
