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egotist

egotist noun: a person who talks excessively about themself.

Noun

egotist (plural egotists)

  1. A person who talks excessively about themself.
  2. A person who believes in their own importance or superiority.
  3. (nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) An egoist (advocate of egoism).

egotist meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

egotist in Tamil

யானாளி, யானாட்டி, தற்பெருமையர்

egotist in Urdu

آنا پرست, خودپسند, خودسر

egotist in Malayalam

അഹങ്കാരി, അഹംഭാവി, ആത്മപ്രശംസകൻ

Forms of egotist

pluralegotists

Origin of egotist

ego + -t- inserted to avoid hiatus, or after the analogy of dramatist, epigrammatist, etc. + -ist

Words formed from egotist

Questions about egotist

What does egotist mean?
Egotist means a person who talks excessively about themself.
What is egotist in Tamil?
Egotist in Tamil is யானாளி, யானாட்டி, தற்பெருமையர். See Egotist meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is egotist?
Egotist is a noun.
What is the plural of egotist?
The plural of egotist is egotists.

Words near egotist in the dictionary

  1. egotised
  2. egotises
  3. egotising
  4. egotism
  5. egotisms
  6. egotist
  7. egotistic
  8. egotistical
  9. egotistically
  10. egotists
  11. egotize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: egotist (page history and authors); egotist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); egotist (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); egotist (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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