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egomaniac|ɛgəʊˈmeɪnɪæk|
[f. egomania, after monomaniac, etc.]
One who suffers from egomania. Also attrib. and transf.
1890Daily News 8 July 6/1 To the end she is an egomaniac, and her religion is but another expression of the sensuousness that is the active principle of her being. 1895Westm. Gaz. 25 Feb. 2/1 The Ego-maniac—the degenerate who is too feeble of will to control his thoughts by a regard to the welfare of society. 1914Daily Express 17 Nov. 4 The crazy egomaniac who has deluged Europe with blood. 1915C. S. Jones Hohenzollern 199 So ruthless and imperious as to become that most dangerous of lunatics—a confirmed egomaniac! 1920Glasgow Herald 20 Nov. 5 Pretensions that had grown to egomaniac heights. 1921Galsworthy To Let ii. ii, I know those enthusiastic egomaniac gentry. 1963Punch 30 Oct. 640/2 And cats, egomaniacs.
Add: Hence ˌegomaˈniacal a., characteristic of or being an egomaniac; characterized by egomania.
1934in Webster. 1969Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 19 Dec. 7/1 Most tennis stars I have met have struck me as egomaniacal prima donnas. 1978P. Roth Professor of Desire 11, I consider transferring to another school, where I can start out afresh, untainted in the eyes of others by egomaniacal cravings for spotlight and applause. 1990Sunday Times 2 Sept. v. 12/9 The real Conway is an egomaniacal bastard. |