All 4 Uses
conceit
in
An Ideal Husband
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- They call it being conceited.†
Act 2 *conceited = excessively proud of oneself
- ... Conceited young puppy!†
Act 3
- It makes me far too conceited.†
Act 4
- What conceited ass has been impertinent enough to dare to propose to you before I had proposed to you?†
Act 4
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.