Definition of conceit

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Conceit (n.) Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit..

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Overweening :: Overweening (a.) Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.
Poesy :: Poesy (n.) A short conceit or motto engraved on a ring or other thing; a posy.
Dream :: Dream (n.) A visionary scheme; a wild conceit; an idle fancy; a vagary; a revery; -- in this sense, applied to an imaginary or anticipated state of happiness; as, a dream of bliss; the dream of his youth..
Puppyism :: Puppyism (n.) Extreme meanness, affectation, conceit, or impudence..
Conceitedly :: Conceitedly (adv.) In an egotistical manner.
Coxcombical :: Coxcombical (a.) Befitting or indicating a coxcomb; like a coxcomb; foppish; conceited.
Sufficient :: Sufficiency (n.) Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency.
Self-importance :: Self-importance (n.) An exaggerated estimate of one's own importance or merit, esp. as manifested by the conduct or manners; self-conceit..
Self-worship :: Self-worship (n.) The idolizing of one's self; immoderate self-conceit.
Euphuist :: Euphuist (n.) One who affects excessive refinement and elegance of language; -- applied esp. to a class of writers, in the age of Elizabeth, whose productions are marked by affected conceits and high-flown diction..
Conception :: Conception (n.) Conceit; affected sentiment or thought.
Priggish :: Priggish (a.) Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical.
Whimsy :: Whimsy (n.) A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit..
Facetiae :: Facetiae (n. pl.) Witty or humorous writings or saying; witticisms; merry conceits.
Opinionately :: Opinionately (adv.) Conceitedly.
Overween :: Overween (v. t.) To think too highly or arrogantly; to regard one's own thinking or conclusions too highly; hence, to egotistic, arrogant, or rash, in opinion; to think conceitedly; to presume..
Bumptious :: Bumptious (a.) Self-conceited; forward; pushing.
Self-conceited :: Self-conceited (a.) Having an overweening opinion of one's own powers, attainments; vain; conceited..
Pride :: Pride (n.) The quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others..
Coxcomb :: Coxcomb (n.) A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop..
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