All 5 Uses of
conceit
in
War and Peace
- Others, the majority, disliked him and considered him conceited, cold, and disagreeable.†
Chpt 2 *conceited = excessively proud of oneself
- And now, when one wants to smooth the thing over, some conceit prevents your apologizing, and you wish to make the whole affair public.†
Chpt 2conceit = excessive pride
- Vera, judging only by her husband and generalizing from that observation, supposed that all men, though they understand nothing and are conceited and selfish, ascribe common sense to themselves alone.†
Chpt 6conceited = excessively proud of oneself
- Wolzogen, shrugging his shoulders and curling his lips, stepped silently aside, marveling at "the old gentleman's" conceited stupidity.†
Chpt 10
- Am I not too conceited and self-confident?†
Chpt 15
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) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much less commonly and archaically, conceit can mean to conceive.