All 3 Uses
conceit
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- It makes women conceited to meddle in business.†
Chpt 2.10 *conceited = excessively proud of oneself
- There's no getting behind that conceited Swedish grin.†
Chpt 4.3
- Father wasn't conceited, Uncle Otto wasn't.†
Chpt 4.3
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.