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narcissist

[nahr-suh-sist] Origin

nar·cis·sist

[nahr-suh-sist]
noun
1.
a person who is overly self-involved, and often vain and selfish.
2.
Psychoanalysis. a person who suffers from narcissism, deriving erotic gratification from admiration of his or her own physical or mental attributes.
Also, nar·cist.


Origin:
1920–30; narciss(ism) + -ist
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So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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narcissism or narcism (ˈnɑːsɪˌsɪzəm, ˈnɑːˌsɪzəm)
 
n
1.  an exceptional interest in or admiration for oneself, esp one's physical appearance
2.  sexual satisfaction derived from contemplation of one's own physical or mental endowments
 
[C19: from Narcissus]
 
narcism or narcism
 
n
 
[C19: from Narcissus]
 
'narcissist or narcism
 
n
 
narcis'sistic or narcism
 
adj

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narcissist
1930, from narcissism.
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