All 3 Uses
conceit
in
The Princess Bride
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- Just because you're beautiful and perfect, it's made you conceited.†
p. 62.3conceited = excessively proud of oneself
- Conceited, Buttercup thought.†
p. 104.2 *
- "Yes, very conceited," the Sicilian said.†
p. 104.2
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.