egotist

English

Etymology

ego + -t- inserted to avoid hiatus, or after the analogy of dramatist, epigrammatist, etc. +‎ -ist

Pronunciation

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Noun

egotist (plural egotists)

1. A person who talks excessively about themself.
2. A person who believes in their own importance or superiority.
3. (nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) An egoist (advocate of egoism).

Derived terms

• egotistic

Related terms

• egotism
• egotistical

Translations

person who talks excessively about themself

• Bulgarian: егоист (bg) m (egoist)
• Finnish: egoisti (fi)
• Romanian: egoist (ro) m
• Russian: эготи́ст (ru) m (egotíst), эготи́стка f (egotístka), эгои́ст (ru) m (egoíst), эгои́стка (ru) f (egoístka), самовлюблённый челове́к m (samovljubljónnyj čelovék), эгоцентри́ст (ru) m (egocentríst), эгоцентри́стка (ru) f (egocentrístka)
• Spanish: egotista m or f

person who believes in their own importance and superiority

• Bulgarian: егоист (bg) m (egoist)
• Czech: ješita m
• Finnish: egoisti (fi)
• Italian: pallone gonfiato (it) m
• Māori: tangata whakatāupe
• Russian: эготи́ст (ru) m (egotíst), эготи́стка f (egotístka)
• Spanish: egotista m or f

egocentric or self-centered person — see egoist

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} égoïste (fr)
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} egotisto (io)

Further reading

• “egotist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “egotist”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• geitost

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French égotiste.

Adjective

egotist m or n (feminine singular egotistă, masculine plural egotiști, feminine/neuter plural egotiste)

1. egotistical

Declension

Declension of egotist

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	egotist		egotistă		egotiști	egotiste
	definite	egotistul		egotista		egotiștii	egotistele
genitive- dative	indefinite	egotist		egotiste		egotiști	egotiste
	definite	egotistului		egotistei		egotiștilor	egotistelor