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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)
- 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)
- (archaic, chemistry) Lycorine.