narcissistic
nar-cis-sis-tic / när-suh-sis-tik
adjective 1. overly concerned with one's own appearance I was never narcissistic about my looks, but people thought that I should be so therefore I was. Gore Vidal, 1925 - 2012 2. overly self-centered; thinking too highly of oneself Meditation is a way to be narcissistic without hurting anyone. Nassim Nicholas Taleb, 1960 - etymology narcissistic, from Narcissus, the Latin transliteration of the name of the handsome mythical Greek youth Narkissos, who fell in love with his own reflection as he looked into a pool of water. Thank you to Allen Ward for providing this etymology.