Definitions from Wiktionary (conceit)
▸ noun: (obsolete) Something conceived in the mind; an idea, a thought.
▸ noun: The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension.
▸ noun: Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Opinion, (neutral) judgment.
▸ noun: (now rare, dialectal) Esteem, favourable opinion.
▸ noun: (countable) A novel or fanciful idea; a whim.
▸ noun: (countable, rhetoric, literature) An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris.
▸ noun: Design; pattern.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To form an idea; to think.
▸ verb: (obsolete, transitive) To conceive.
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▸ noun: (obsolete) Something conceived in the mind; an idea, a thought.
▸ noun: The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension.
▸ noun: Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Opinion, (neutral) judgment.
▸ noun: (now rare, dialectal) Esteem, favourable opinion.
▸ noun: (countable) A novel or fanciful idea; a whim.
▸ noun: (countable, rhetoric, literature) An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris.
▸ noun: Design; pattern.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To form an idea; to think.
▸ verb: (obsolete, transitive) To conceive.
Similar:
self-love,
amour propre,
vanity,
conception,
theory,
idea,
concetto,
notion,
cogitation,
thaught,
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Petrarchconceit,
epic conceit,
oxymoronic conceit,
paradoxical conceit,
hyperbolic conceit,
punning conceit,
visual conceit,
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