conceit

Definitions


[kənˈsiːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- excessive pride in oneself
(e.g: he was puffed up with conceit)

- an ingenious or fanciful comparison or metaphor
(e.g: the idea of the wind's singing is a prime romantic conceit)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘notion’, also ‘quaintly decorative article’): from conceive, on the pattern of pairs such as deceive, deceit




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