memama

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Etymology

From memamo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

Adjective

memama (accusative singular memaman, plural memamaj, accusative plural memamajn)

  1. vain, narcissistic, self-centred, selfish
    • Aleksej Birjulin (translator), “Misfortuna Historio” (“An Unpleasant Predicament”) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky,
      Ivano Iljiĉ iam mem sentis ke li estas tro memama kaj eĉ tro atentema al tio, kion la aliaj pensis pri li.
      Ivan Ilyich himself sometimes felt he was too vain and even paid too much heed to what others thought of him.
    • Vladimir Okc (translator), Ojstro (The Gadfly) by E. L. Voynich, Part 2, Chapter 8,
      Malhela vespera lumo mildigis lian mokeman, memaman mienon kaj aperigis tragikajn faldetojn ĉe la buŝo.
      The dim evening light, falling on his face, seemed to soften away its hard, mocking, self-assertive look, and to deepen the tragic lines about the mouth.
    Synonym: egoisma