egotist

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 themself.
2. A person who believes in his or her own importance or superiority.
3. (nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) An egoist (advocate of egoism).

Derived terms

• egotistic

Related terms

• egotism
• egotistical

Translations

person who talks excessively of his or her self

Bulgarian: егоист (bg) m (egoist) Finnish: egoisti (fi) Romanian: egoist (ro) m 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

Bulgarian: егоист (bg) m (egoist) Czech: ješita m Finnish: egoisti (fi) Italian: pallone gonfiato m 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

French: (please verify) égoïste (fr) Ido: (please verify) egotisto (io)

Further reading

• egotist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• egotist in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

• geitost

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Romanian

Etymology

From French égotiste.

Adjective

egotist m or n (feminine singular egotistă, masculine plural egotiști, feminine and neuter plural egotiste)

1. egotistical

Declension

Declension of egotist

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	egotist		egotistă	egotiști	egotiste
	definite	egotistul		egotista	egotiștii	egotistele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	egotist		egotiste	egotiști	egotiste
	definite	egotistului		egotistei	egotiștilor	egotistelor