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egotize

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To talk or write as an egotist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • June 6 1789, William Cowper, letter to Lady Hesketh I egotize in my letters to thee, not because I am of much importance to myself, but because to thee both Ego, and all that Ego does is interesting.

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History

Etymology

See egotism and -ize.