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Word entry · 9 letters

conceited

Best crossword clue

"Self-proud"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPart of speech adjectiveSorted ccdeeinotStarts with CEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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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