Something conceived in the mind; a conception; a notion; an idea; a thought, In literature and poetry, a device of analogy consisting of an extended metaphor, Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris, A novel or fanciful idea; a whim, An over-high esteem of oneself; vain pride, Something conceived, especially, a novel or fanciful idea, the trait of being vain and conceited, feelings of excessive pride, disapproval Conceit is very great pride in your abilities or achievements that other people feel is too great. Pamela knew she was a good student, and that was not just a conceit. = arrogance, arrogance, excessive pride, haughtiness, a complicated intellectual metaphor Petrarchan conceits drew on conventional sensory imagery popularized by the Italian poet Petrarch (1304-74) Metaphysical conceits were characterized by esoteric, abstract associations and surprising effects John Donne and other so-called metaphysical poets used conceits in ways that fused the sensory and the abstract Examples are John Donne's use of the compass in "The Ecstasy" and of alchemy in "A Nocturnal upon St Lucy's Day ", That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception, - an extended metaphor, especially popular during the Renaissance and typical of John Donne or John Milton Unlike allegory, which tends to have one-to-one correspondences, a conceit typically takes one subject and explores the metaphoric possibilities in the qualities associated with that subject, an extended, ingenious imaginative comparison tracing the same metaphor into many related details or applications, An image or metaphor which strikes a parallel between two things/situations which are dissimilar eg the metaphysical conceit in Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidden Mourning" in which the souls of Donne and his lover are compared to the legs of a compass, Filled with the idea, An elaborate metaphor, often strained or far-fetched, in which the subject is compared with a simpler analogue usually chosen from nature or a familiar context An excellent example of a conceit is Sir Thomas Wyatt's "My Galley," an adaptation of Petrarch's Sonnet 159 (See also Euphuism, Gongorism, Marinism, Melic Verse, Metaphysical), A fanciful poetic image or metaphor that likens one thing to something else that is seemingly very different An example of a conceit can be found in Shakespeare's sonnet “Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?” and in Emily Dickinson's poem “There is no frigate like a book ”, An exaggerated opinion of oneself, To form an idea; to think, Design; pattern, Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit, An overweening idea of one's self; vanity, 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, To conceive; to imagine, Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy, having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc, vain and egotistic, Fancifully; whimsically, In a conceited or egotistical manner, The state of being conceited; conceit; vanity, coxcomically, opinionately, bumptiousness, arrogant, proud, haughty; fanciful, imaginary (Archaic), Entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain, Endowed with fancy or imagination, Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful, characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes", disapproval If you say that someone is conceited, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they are far too proud of their abilities or achievements. I thought him conceited and arrogant = arrogant. someone who is conceited thinks they are very clever, skilful, beautiful etc - used to show disapproval, having an excessively favorable opinion of ones abilities, appearance, etc, in a conceited manner; "he always acts so conceitedly!", haughtily, arrogantly, proudly, boastfully, in a conceited manner; "he always acts so conceitedly!, In an egotistical manner, haughtiness, arrogance, excessive pride, boastfulness, plural of conceit,
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Something conceived in the mind; a conception; a notion; an idea; a thought
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In literature and poetry, a device of analogy consisting of an extended metaphor
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Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris
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A novel or fanciful idea; a whim
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An over-high esteem of oneself; vain pride
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Something conceived, especially, a novel or fanciful idea
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the trait of being vain and conceited
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feelings of excessive pride
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disapproval Conceit is very great pride in your abilities or achievements that other people feel is too great. Pamela knew she was a good student, and that was not just a conceit. = arrogance
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arrogance, excessive pride, haughtiness isim
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a complicated intellectual metaphor Petrarchan conceits drew on conventional sensory imagery popularized by the Italian poet Petrarch (1304-74) Metaphysical conceits were characterized by esoteric, abstract associations and surprising effects John Donne and other so-called metaphysical poets used conceits in ways that fused the sensory and the abstract Examples are John Donne's use of the compass in "The Ecstasy" and of alchemy in "A Nocturnal upon St Lucy's Day "
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That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception
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- an extended metaphor, especially popular during the Renaissance and typical of John Donne or John Milton Unlike allegory, which tends to have one-to-one correspondences, a conceit typically takes one subject and explores the metaphoric possibilities in the qualities associated with that subject
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an extended, ingenious imaginative comparison tracing the same metaphor into many related details or applications
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An image or metaphor which strikes a parallel between two things/situations which are dissimilar eg the metaphysical conceit in Donne's "A Valediction: Forbidden Mourning" in which the souls of Donne and his lover are compared to the legs of a compass
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Filled with the idea
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An elaborate metaphor, often strained or far-fetched, in which the subject is compared with a simpler analogue usually chosen from nature or a familiar context An excellent example of a conceit is Sir Thomas Wyatt's "My Galley," an adaptation of Petrarch's Sonnet 159 (See also Euphuism, Gongorism, Marinism, Melic Verse, Metaphysical)
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A fanciful poetic image or metaphor that likens one thing to something else that is seemingly very different An example of a conceit can be found in Shakespeare's sonnet “Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?” and in Emily Dickinson's poem “There is no frigate like a book ”
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An exaggerated opinion of oneself
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To form an idea; to think
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Design; pattern
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Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit
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An overweening idea of one's self; vanity
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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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To conceive; to imagine
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Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy
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conceited
having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc
Entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain
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conceited
Endowed with fancy or imagination
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conceited
Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful
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characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes"
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conceited
disapproval If you say that someone is conceited, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they are far too proud of their abilities or achievements. I thought him conceited and arrogant = arrogant. someone who is conceited thinks they are very clever, skilful, beautiful etc - used to show disapproval
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conceited
having an excessively favorable opinion of ones abilities, appearance, etc
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conceitedly
in a conceited manner; "he always acts so conceitedly!"
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conceitedly
haughtily, arrogantly, proudly, boastfully
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conceitedly
in a conceited manner; "he always acts so conceitedly!
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conceitedly
In an egotistical manner
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conceitedness
haughtiness, arrogance, excessive pride, boastfulness isim
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