All 5 Uses
conceit
in
A Farewell to Arms
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- I wouldn't mind him if he wasn't so conceited and...
Book 2 *conceited = excessively proud
- Oh, darling, I'm awfully glad you're not conceited.†
Book 2conceited = excessively proud of oneself
- I'd have married you even if you were conceited but it's very restful to have a husband who's not conceited.†
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- I'd have married you even if you were conceited but it's very restful to have a husband who's not conceited.†
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- I guess we're both conceited," I said.†
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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.