narcissine

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English

Etymology

From Latin narcissinus, from Ancient Greek ναρκίσσινος (narkíssinos), from νάρκισσος (nárkissos, narcissus).

Pronunciation

Adjective

narcissine (comparative more narcissine, superlative most narcissine)

  1. Narcissistic, loving oneself excessively.
    • 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
      Yet was there nothing Narcissine in her spirit. Her love for her own image was not cold aestheticism.

Noun

narcissine (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, chemistry) Lycorine.