eonian

Pronounced: ee-OH-nee-uhn, adj

Notes: Like so many of the recent words, I didn’t know this word, but after I saw the definition, I realized I should have been able to figure it out

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Yesterday’s word

The word wegotism is “the habit of using ‘we’ when referring to oneself”

First usage

Although this sounds new, the word came into English in the late 1700s

Background / Comments

The word is simply a joining of we and egotism. I haven’t run into this word, nor can I think of anyone I know to whom this word applies. In formal speech, royalty uses “we” instead of “I” but that is a convention, not necessarily egotism.