This week's theme
Words from mythology

This week's words
odyssey
cimmerian
narcissist
atlas
charon

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A.Word.A.Day

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.

See more usage examples of narcissist in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

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