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narcissine

UK/ˈnɑːsɪsiːn/US/ˈnɑɹsɪsin/

narcissine adjective: narcissistic, loving oneself excessively.

Adjective

narcissine (comparative more narcissine, superlative most narcissine)

  1. Narcissistic, loving oneself excessively.
    • Yet was there nothing Narcissine in her spirit. Her love for her own image was not cold aestheticism.1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson

Noun

narcissine (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Lycorine.

Forms of narcissine

comparativemore narcissine
superlativemost narcissine

Origin of narcissine

From Latin narcissinus, from Ancient Greek ναρκίσσινος (narkíssinos), from νάρκισσος (nárkissos, “narcissus”).

Questions about narcissine

What does narcissine mean?
Narcissine means narcissistic, loving oneself excessively.
What part of speech is narcissine?
Narcissine can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce narcissine?
Narcissine is pronounced /ˈnɑːsɪsiːn/ (UK).

Words near narcissine in the dictionary

  1. narcism
  2. narciss
  3. Narcissan
  4. narcissi
  5. Narcissian
  6. narcissine
  7. narcissism
  8. narcissisms
  9. narcissist
  10. narcissistic
  11. narcissistic number

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