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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Conceited :: Conceited (a.) Endowed with fancy or imagination.
Conceitedly :: Conceitedly (adv.) Fancifully; whimsically.
Smirk :: Smirk (v. i.) To smile in an affected or conceited manner; to smile with affected complaisance; to simper.
Quirk :: Quirk (n.) A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit.
Inflation :: Inflation (n.) The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity..
Affectioned :: Affectioned (a.) Affected; conceited.
Tympany :: Tympany (n.) Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness..
Self-worship :: Self-worship (n.) The idolizing of one's self; immoderate self-conceit.
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..
Conceitedness :: Conceitedness (n.) The state of being conceited; conceit; vanity.
Conceit :: 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..
Witticism :: Witticism (n.) A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit.
Self-conceit :: Self-conceit (n.) Conceit of one's self; an overweening opinion of one's powers or endowments.
Enthusiasm :: Enthusiasm (n.) Inspiration as if by a divine or superhuman power; ecstasy; hence, a conceit of divine possession and revelation, or of being directly subject to some divine impulse..
Opinionately :: Opinionately (adv.) Conceitedly.
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..
Overweening :: Overweening (n.) Conceit; arrogance.
Opinioned :: Opinioned (a.) Opinionated; conceited.
Conceit :: Conceit (n.) Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit..
Priggish :: Priggish (a.) Like a prig; conceited; pragmatical.
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