Egoitis

Origin

ego + -itis

Full definition of egoitis

Noun

1. (humorous) A notional disease characterised by an overblown ego.
• 1906, William Magnay, The Master Spirit"Ah, she has caught the disease egoitis in a virulent form from her husband who was once a commercial traveller," Gastineau commented.
• 1965, Edward John Kempf, Abraham Lincoln's philosophy of common sense (volume 1, page 166)...a compensatory egoitis that grew sarcastic and satirical in debate.