Morpheme
Egote
Type
bound base
Denotation
excessive use of the pronoun I
Etymology
1714 egotism and egotist, coinages credited to Joseph Addison
Evidence
egotism, egotist, egotize
Notes
unetymological <t> perhaps influenced by other -ism, -ist words ending in <tism>, <tism> such as dogmatism, despotism, idiotism, etc.
