Word Meaning

conceit definition and meaning

n. That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception.
n. Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit.
n. Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
n. A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quant fancy; an unnatural or affected conception; a witty thought or turn of expression; a fanciful device; a whim; a quip.
n. An overweening idea of one's self; vanity.
n. Design; pattern.
v. t. To conceive; to imagine.
v. i. To form an idea; to think.

Crossword clues for conceit

- Haughtiness
- vain attitude
- Vanity