self-confessed

[self-kuhn-fest, self-]

adjective

1. openly admitting to being a type of person with a particular quality, habit, character, etc..

   He's a self-confessed gambler.

self-confessed

adjective

1. according to one's own testimony or admission

   a self-confessed liar

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-confessed¹

First recorded in 1915–20

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