I'm glad you haven't been exposed to the Reddit communities where they use that word as an ableist slur.
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Narcissus wasn't arrogant in the Greek myth. He was a 16 year old kid who everyone thought was beautiful. Lots of people wanted to bone him, but he just wanted to be left alone. After this one guy, Ameinias, proposed marriage to him for like the tenth time, Narcissus told him to fuck off and die. Ameinias did as he was told, and prayed for Nemesis for revenge. Ameinias thought Narcissus didn't want to marry him because he was arrogant, so he prayed to the god of punishment for hubris. The ancient Greeks didn't understand asexuality or being a late bloomer, so they took Ameinias' side in interpreting the myth.
Anyone who thinks "narcissist" is an insult is also unknowingly taking Ameinias' side.