Both Uses
conceit
in
Great Expectations
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- My thoughts were further distracted by the excessive pride of Mr. and Mrs. Hubble, who were surpassingly conceited and vainglorious in being members of so distinguished a procession.†
p. 299.4conceited = excessively proud of oneself
- "Good!" said Mr. Pumblechook conceitedly.†
p. 70.1 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(conceit as in: confident, but not conceited) excessive pride in oneself, arrogance, or vanity
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In academic and literary contexts, conceit refers to an extended metaphor. Less commonly and archaically, conceit can mean to conceive.