The Only Use of
conceit
in
The Scarlet Letter
- The glimmer of this luminary suggested the above conceits to Mr. Dimmesdale, who smiled—nay, almost laughed at them—and then wondered if he was going mad.†
p. 101.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(conceit as in: confident, but not conceited) feelings of excessive pride
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much less commonly and archaically, conceit can mean to conceive.