self-confessed

[ self-kuh n-fest, self- ]

/ ˈsɛlf kənˈfɛst, ˌsɛlf- /

openly admitting to being a type of person with a particular quality, habit, character, etc.: He's a self-confessed gambler.

Origin of self-confessed

First recorded in 1915–20

The self-confessed killer of Peruvian college student Stephany Flores was convicted of aggravated homicide and petty theft.

Van der Sloot Gets 28 Years for Murder in Peru |Andrea Zarate |January 13, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Series lead James Roday, a self-confessed “ Twin Peaks geek,” penned the episode with Bill Callahan.

Twin Peaks' Strange Reunion |Jace Lacob |November 30, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Now was he self-confessed as a principal in one of the shadiest of them all.

Hard Pressed |Fred M. White
Judge Clarkson dropped his hand as though it had burned him, and fairly glared at the self-confessed lover.

The Bondwoman |Marah Ellis Ryan

For weeks the local press seethed and raged denouncing Lloyd George as "arch-traitor" and "self-confessed enemy."

The War After the War |Isaac Frederick Marcosson
Cicely Foterell and Emlyn Stower, you are foul witches, self-confessed.

The Lady Of Blossholme |H. Rider Haggard
Self-confessed it was here, then, at last the Garden of Sleep!

The Golden Age |Kenneth Grahame

self-confessed

according to one's own testimony or admission a self-confessed liar