egotist

English

Etymology

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

Noun

egotist (plural egotists)

1. A person who talks excessively about himself or herself.
2. A person who believes in his or her own importance or superiority.
3. An egoist.

Derived terms

• egotistic

Related terms

• egotism
• egotistical

Translations

person who talks excessively of his or her self

• Finnish: egoisti (fi)
• Romanian: egoist (ro) m
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• 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 his or her own importance and superiority

• Czech: ješita m
• Finnish: egoisti (fi)
• Italian: pallone gonfiato m
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• Maori: 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

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} егоист (bg) m (egoist)
• French: ^{(please verify)} égoïste (fr)
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• Ido: ^{(please verify)} egotisto (io)

Further reading

• “egotist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “egotist”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• geitost