Definitions
characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
Word origin
From conceit + -ed.
Used in a sentence
“If you think me too conceited / Or to passion quickly heated.”
“Conceited of their own wit, and science, and politeness.”
“Conceited wit showed its character towards the end of the fifteenth century in the work of poets who made it their aim to exercise their hearers' minds with cleaver plays of metaphor and ingenious reasoning.”
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01“Self-proud”9 letters
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