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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Toy :: Toy (v. t.) A wild fancy; an odd conceit; idle sport; folly; trifling opinion.
Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit.
Self-worship :: Self-worship (n.) The idolizing of one's self; immoderate self-conceit.
Coxcomb :: Coxcomb (n.) A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop..
Opinion :: Opinion (n.) Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness.
Coxcombical :: Coxcombical (a.) Befitting or indicating a coxcomb; like a coxcomb; foppish; conceited.
High-blown :: High-blown (a.) Inflated, as with 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..
Conceited :: Conceited (a.) Entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain.
Tympany :: Tympany (n.) Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness..
Crank :: Crank (n.) A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
Conceit :: Conceit (v. i.) To form an idea; to think.
Vain :: Vain (superl.) Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated..
Conceitless :: Conceitless (a.) Without wit; stupid.
Conceitedly :: Conceitedly (adv.) In an egotistical manner.
Misconceit :: Misconceit (n.) Misconception.
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..
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..
Smirk :: Smirk (v. i.) To smile in an affected or conceited manner; to smile with affected complaisance; to simper.
Preconceit :: Preconceit (n.) An opinion or notion formed beforehand; a preconception.
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