Definition of conceit

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Conceit (n.) A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quant fancy; an unnatural or affected conception; a witty thought or turn of expression; a fanciful device; a whim; a quip..

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Tympany :: Tympany (n.) Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness..
Concetto :: Concetto (n.) Affected wit; a conceit.
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..
Coxcomically :: Coxcomically (adv.) Conceitedly.
Bumptiousness :: Bumptiousness (n.) Conceitedness.
Fume :: Fume (n.) Anything vaporlike, unsubstantial, or airy; idle conceit; vain imagination..
Bumptious :: Bumptious (a.) Self-conceited; forward; pushing.
Poesy :: Poesy (n.) A short conceit or motto engraved on a ring or other thing; a posy.
Misconceit :: Misconceit (n.) Misconception.
Conceit :: Conceit (v. i.) To form an idea; to think.
Quibble :: Quibble (n.) A pun; a low conceit.
Brag :: Brag (v. i.) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit.
Upsetting :: Upsetting (a.) Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow..
Conception :: Conception (n.) Conceit; affected sentiment or thought.
Witticism :: Witticism (n.) A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit.
High-blown :: High-blown (a.) Inflated, as with conceit..
Crank :: Crank (n.) A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
Overweening :: Overweening (n.) Conceit; arrogance.
Jackanapes :: Jackanapes (n.) A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow.
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