egotist

[ ee-guh-tist, eg-uh- ]

noun

1. a conceited, boastful person.
2. a selfish person; egoist.

egotist

/ ˈiːɡətɪst; ˈɛɡ- /

noun

1. a conceited boastful person
2. a self-interested person; egoist

Derived Forms

• ˌegoˈtistically, adverb
• ˌegoˈtistic, adjective

Other Words From

• anti·ego·tist noun adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of egotist¹

First recorded in 1705–15; egot(ism) + -ist

Example Sentences

He appears to be just another egotist enjoying his ability to pontificate for hours at a time with or without enough facts to back up what he is saying.

From Washington Blade

A man stereotyped as a publicity-seeking egotist kept many of those successes secret.

From The Daily Beast

In other words, he must have been an egotist, which he was not.

From Project Gutenberg

So this raid of an intolerable egotist across the disordered beginnings of a new time should have closed.

From Project Gutenberg

There is no proof that this unbrotherly, unhumorous egotist was ever sincerely loved by any human being.

From Project Gutenberg

M. d'Ablaincourt was an egotist; but, at the same time, a well-bred, a well-mannered egotist.

From Project Gutenberg

Being an egotist also, if I may say so, on a national scale, he thought humanity could only be redeemed by German art.

From Project Gutenberg