All 4 Uses
conceit
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Wide Sargasso Sea
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- A magnificent body and a foolish conceited face.†
Part 2conceited = excessively proud of oneself
- As I walked I remembered my father's face and his thin lips, my brother's round conceited eyes.†
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- Your plan succeeded because I was young, conceited, foolish, trusting.†
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- I disliked their laughter and their tears, their flattery and envy, conceit and deceit.
Part 2 *conceit = excessive pride
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.