egotist
pronunciation
How to pronounce egotist in British English:
UK ['i:ɡətɪst]
How to pronounce egotist in American English:
US ['iɡətɪst]
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- Noun:
- a conceited and self-centered person
Word Origin
- egotist (n.)
- 1714, "one who makes too frequent use of the first-person singular pronoun," see ego + -ist. First attested in Joseph Addison (see egotism). Related: Egotistic; egotistical; egotistically.
Example
- 1. The egotist always hurts the one he loves himself .
- 2. Egotist : a person of low taste , more interested in himself than in me .
- 3. The egotist always hurts the one he loves-himself .
- 4. So you admit that you 're an egotist ?