- Obs.
- an idea; thought; concept
- personal opinion
- an exaggerated opinion of oneself, one's merits, etc.; vanity
Origin of conceit
< It concetto, of same ult. orig.- a fanciful or witty expression or notion; often, specif., a striking and elaborate metaphor, sometimes one regarded, esp. formerly, as strained and arbitrary
- the use of such expressions in writing or speaking
- a flight of imagination; fancy
- a small, imaginatively designed item
Origin of conceit
Middle English conceite from conceiven, conceive- Obs. to think or imagine
- Brit., Dial. to think well of; take a fancy to
