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82 words match “CONCEIT”

CONCEIT n. 8 definitions

formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception. In laughing, there ever procedeth a conceit of somewhat ridiculous. Bacon. A man wise in his own conceit. Prov. xxvi. 12.

CONCEITED a. 3 definitions

Endowed with fancy or imagination. [Obs.] He was . . . pleasantly conceited, and sharp of wit. Knolles.

CONCEITEDLY adv. 2 definitions

In an egotistical manner.

CONCEITEDNESS n.

The state of being conceited; conceit; vanity. Addison.

Without wit; stupid. [Obs.] Think'st thou I am so shallow, so conceitless. To be seduced by thy flattery Shak.

Misconception. [Obs.]

An opinion or notion formed beforehand; a preconception. Hooker.

SELF-CONCEIT n.

Conceit of one's self; an overweening opinion of one's powers or endowments.

SELF-CONCEITED a.

Having an overweening opinion of one's own powers, attainments; vain; conceited. -- Self`-con*ceit"ed*ness, n.

Baptist set himself with much acrimony and indignation to baffle this senseless arrogant conceit of theirs. South.

Affected; conceited. [Obs.] Shak.

t, or puffed out; swelling; in a swelling manner. [Archaic] Inflated and astrut with self-conceit. Cowper.

ronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness. The common conceits and phrases that beatify wealth. Barrow.

th air; to swell; as, to blow up a bladder or bubble. (b) To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up; as, to blow one up with flattery. "Blown up with high conceits engendering pride." Milton. (c) To excite; as, to blow up a contention.(d) To burst, to raise into the air, or to scatter, by an explosion;…

in a manners or opinions; belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; puerile. A boyish, odd conceit. Baillie.

BRAG v. 2 definitions

, to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do. Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags of his substance, not of ornament. Shak.

Self-conceited; forward; pushing. [Colloq.] Halliwell.

BUMPTIOUSNESS n.

Conceitedness. [Colloq.]

Strong; vigorous; valiant. [Obs.] Wyclif. Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end. Shak.

Conceit; affected sentiment or thought. [Obs.] He . . . is full of conceptions, points of epigram, and witticism. Dryden.