All 9 Uses of
conceit
in
This Side of Paradise
- He went all wrong at the start, was generally considered both conceited and arrogant, and universally detested.†
Chpt 1.1 *conceited = excessively proud of oneself
- Kerry was tall, with humorous gray eyes, and a sudden, attractive smile; he became at once the mentor of the house, reaper of ears that grew too high, censor of conceit, vendor of rare, satirical humor.†
Chpt 1.2conceit = excessive pride
- He asked her if she thought he was conceited.†
Chpt 1.2conceited = excessively proud of oneself
- She said there was a difference between conceit and self-confidence.†
Chpt 1.2conceit = excessive pride
- Maybe you're just plain conceited.†
Chpt 1.3conceited = excessively proud of oneself
- Am I painfully conceited?†
Chpt 1.4
- Oh, the enormous conceit of the man!†
Chpt 1.4conceit = excessive pride
- They represented qualities that she felt and despised in herself—incipient meanness, conceit, cowardice, and petty dishonesty.†
Chpt 2.1
- Well, my boy, I was behind a hedge sunning myself one day last week, and along comes a man saying in a pleasant, conceited way of talking: "'And now when the night was senescent' (says he) 'And the star dials pointed to morn At the end of the path a liquescent' (says he) 'And nebulous lustre was born.'†
Chpt 2.3conceited = excessively proud of oneself
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.