English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

Result for Conceit

Conceit (n.)

That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception.

Conceit (n.)

Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit.

Conceit (n.)

Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.

Conceit (n.)

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.

Conceit (n.)

An overweening idea of one's self; vanity.

Conceit (n.)

Design; pattern.

Conceit (v. t.)

To conceive; to imagine.

Conceit (v. i.)

To form an idea; to think.