Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Holding or characterized by an unduly high opinion of oneself; vain.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Endowed with or characterized by fancy or imagination; ingenious; witty.
- Ingeniously or curiously contrived; fanciful.
- Entertaining an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities, wisdom, wit, or the like; self-conceited; self-complacent.
- Having a favorable conception or opinion of any person or thing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Endowed with fancy or imagination.
- adjective Entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain.
- adjective obsolete Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
conceit . - adjective this redundant sense?)
vain andegotistic - adjective having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.
- adjective rhetoric, literature Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical
device . - adjective obsolete Endowed with
fancy orimagination . - adjective obsolete Curiously contrived or designed;
fanciful .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
Etymologies
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Examples
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"I am not what you call conceited enough for that, but I would like to believe that I might have a kind word or two on my own account."
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"It is foolish of them," said Johannes, "unless it is when a boy is what you call conceited and self-satisfied, and thinks that he is a man too soon."
Steve Young George Manville Fenn 1870
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The word "conceited" has been used to describe him.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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"As you will see it, let 's say – if that does n't sound too conceited from a tenderfoot," supplemented the nephew, and laid his hand upon her shoulder with a gentle little pat.
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Walden, -- she had 'tried to entangle him' -- there had been 'a scene with him at the Manor, '-- she was' forward, '' conceited '-- and utterly lost to any sense of propriety.
God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889
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Walden, -- she had 'tried to entangle him' -- there had been 'a scene with him at the Manor, '-- she was' forward, '' conceited '-- and utterly lost to any sense of propriety.
God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889
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Walden, -- she had 'tried to entangle him' -- there had been 'a scene with him at the Manor, '-- she was' forward, '' conceited '-- and utterly lost to any sense of propriety.
God's Good Man Marie Corelli 1889
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The glossy packaging of Mexico City's Vanidosas -- or "conceited" -- cookies doesn't give the slightest hint that they were created by youth living on the city's streets.
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The glossy packaging of Mexico City's Vanidosas -- or "conceited" -- cookies doesn't give the slightest hint that they were created by youth living on the city's streets.
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He had been called conceited, swell-headed, inconsiderate of others, and now this final insult was heaped upon the full measure of his wrongs, just when he had a clear vision of future achievements that should have dazzled any young woman whose life was to be linked with his.
The Thunder Bird B. M. Bower 1905
pradyumnaojha commented on the word conceited
Collegues do not hang around with Peter as he is a conceited person
February 15, 2013