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Definition of Conceit

1. Noun. Feelings of excessive pride.

2. Noun. An elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things.

3. Noun. A witty or ingenious turn of phrase. "He could always come up with some inspired off-the-wall conceit"

4. Noun. An artistic device or effect. "The architect's brilliant conceit was to build the house around the tree"

5. Noun. The trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride.

Definition of Conceit

1. n. That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception.

2. v. t. To conceive; to imagine.

3. v. i. To form an idea; to think.

Definition of Conceit

1. Noun. Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) Something conceived in the mind; a conception; a notion; an idea; a thought. ¹

3. Noun. A novel or fanciful idea; a whim. ¹

4. Noun. (countable rhetoric literature) A device of analogy consisting of an extended metaphor. ¹

5. Verb. (obsolete) To form an idea; to think. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Conceit

1. to imagine [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: imagine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conceit

concealers concealeth concealing concealingly concealment concealments conceals concede conceded concededly

conceder conceders concedes conceding concedo conceit (current term) conceited conceitedly conceitedness conceitednesses

conceiting conceitless conceits conceity conceiv'd conceivability conceivable conceivableness conceivably conceive

Literary usage of Conceit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1862)
"Their answer disappointed Alexander, who had expected that they would name him, as the person of whom they were most afraid ; so prodigious was his conceit ..."

2. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"conceit applies only to internal objects : it is mental in the operation and ... There arc, however, insane people who conceit themselves to be kings and ..."

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