selfcongratulatory

adjective

Being in the nature of self-congratulation.

OriginEnglish congratulatory ← Middle English self- ← Old English self- →
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Meanings

adjectiveselfcongratulatory (comparative more selfcongratulatory, superlative most selfcongratulatory)

comparative more selfcongratulatory · superlative most selfcongratulatory · alternative self-congratulatory

  1. Being in the nature of self-congratulation.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Englishcongratulate
  9. Englishcongratulatory
  10. Englishselfcongratulatory

From self- + congratulatory.

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APA

selfcongratulatory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/selfcongratulatory

MLA

“selfcongratulatory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/selfcongratulatory. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “selfcongratulatory,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/selfcongratulatory.

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