SUPREME WORD DU JOUR: NARCISSIST
PRONUNCIATION:
(NAHR-si-sist)
MEANING:
(noun):
Someone with excessive self-interest or self-love.
ETYMOLOGY:
In Greek mythology,
Narcissus was a hunter and a young man of exceptional beauty. He spurned the
nymph Echo. One day he saw his reflection in water and fell in love with
himself. Not realizing it was himself and unable to leave, he eventually died.
Earliest documented use: 1917.
USAGE:
"Dreyfus's
vice-president is a narcissist who plays an important scene in a room filled
with pictures of herself."
Jaime J. Weinman; Politics for Pretty People; Maclean's (Toronto, Canada); Jul 18, 2012.
Jaime J. Weinman; Politics for Pretty People; Maclean's (Toronto, Canada); Jul 18, 2012.
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