egotist

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
(ē'gə-tĭst, ĕg'ə-) pronunciation
n.
  1. A conceited, boastful person.
  2. A selfish, self-centered person.
egotistic e'go·tis'tic or e'go·tis'ti·cal adj.
egotistically e'go·tis'ti·cal·ly adv.

Top

noun

    A conceited, self-centered person: egocentric, egoist, egomaniac, narcissist. Informal swellhead. See self/other, self-love/modesty.

Top
A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce


n.

A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.

    Megaceph, chosen to serve the State
    In the halls of legislative debate,
    One day with all his credentials came
    To the capitol's door and announced his name.
    The doorkeeper looked, with a comical twist
    Of the face, at the eminent egotist,
    And said:  "Go away, for we settle here
    All manner of questions, knotty and queer,
    And we cannot have, when the speaker demands
    To be told how every member stands,
    A man who to all things under the sky
    Assents by eternally voting 'I'."


Top
sign description: The I-handshapes move back and forth on the chest.




Random House Word Menu:

categories related to 'egotistic'

Top
Random House Word Menu by Stephen Glazier
For a list of words related to egotistic, see:

Top

Dansk (Danish)
n. - selvoptaget person, indbildsk person

Nederlands (Dutch)
egotist

Français (French)
n. - égotiste

Deutsch (German)
n. - Egotist

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εγωτιστής, εγωκεντρικός

Italiano (Italian)
egotista

Português (Portuguese)
n. - egotista (m) (f)

Русский (Russian)
эгоист

Español (Spanish)
n. - egotista, ególatra

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - självupptagen

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
自大者, 自我中心的人

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 自大者, 自我中心的人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 자기 중심주의자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 自己中心癖の人, うぬぼれ屋, 自己中心主義者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) متبجح, مغرور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אנוכי, אגוטיסט‬


Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:

Copyrights:

Mentioned in

Egotism (Quotes About)
Smith, Alexander (Quotes By)