English edit

Etymology edit

See egotism and -ize.

Verb edit

egotize (third-person singular simple present egotizes, present participle egotizing, simple past and past participle egotized)

  1. To talk or write as an egotist.
    • 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.

References edit

egotize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.