egotist

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

/ ˈi gə tɪst, ˈɛg ə- /

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noun

a conceited, boastful person.

a selfish person; egoist.

RELATED WORDS

boaster, egomaniac, braggart, egoist

Nearby words

Origin of egotist

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

Related formsan·ti·e·go·tist, noun, adjective

Can be confusedegoist egotist

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Examples from the Web for egotist

"Delighted, I'm sure," said Dale, who stood looking down on the Liliputian egotist with polite wonder.
Simon the Jester|William J. Locke
Did the pale stars and the restless waves teach no lesson that such an egotist might learn, and be the better for the learning?
Grif|B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon
For one moment of time the egotist seemed to be rapt beyond himself; he was serving the great god Whist.
The Return of the Prodigal|May Sinclair
It had come of loving above her, yet below her, and of loving an egotist.
A Simpleton|Charles Reade

Mr. Coleridge talks of himself, without being an egotist, for in him the individual is always merged in the abstract and general.
Hazlitt on English Literature|Jacob Zeitlin

British Dictionary definitions for egotist

egotist

/ (ˈiːɡətɪst, ˈɛɡ-) /

noun

a conceited boastful person

a self-interested person; egoist

Derived Formsegotistic or egotistical, adjectiveegotistically, adverb

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Word Origin and History for egotist

egotist

1714, first used by Joseph Addison; see ego + -ist. Addison credits the term to "Port-Royalists" who used it in reference to obtrusive use of first person singular pronoun in writing, hence "talking too much about oneself." Meaning "self-conceit, selfishness" is 1800. The -t- is abnornmal, perhaps by influence of dogmatism. Related: Egotistic; egotistical.