The Only Use
conceit
in
Twelfth Night
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- He is as horribly conceited of him; and pants and looks pale, as if a bear were at his heels.†
p. 129.7conceited = excessively proud of oneself
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.