Egoitis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A notional disease characterised by an overblown ego. humorous, uncountable

    ""Ah, she has caught the disease egoitis in a virulent form from her husband who was once a commercial traveller," Gastineau commented."

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""Ah, she has caught the disease egoitis in a virulent form from her husband who was once a commercial traveller," Gastineau commented."

Etymology

From ego + -itis.

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