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Webster 1913 Edition


Conceited

Con-ceit′ed

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Adj.
1.
Endowed with fancy or imagination.
[Obs.]
He was . . . pleasantly
conceited
, and sharp of wit.
Knolles.
2.
Entertaining a flattering opinion of one’s self; vain.
If you think me too
conceited

Or to passion quickly heated.
Swift.
Conceited
of their own wit, science, and politeness.
Bentley.
3.
Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.
[Obs.]
Syn. – Vain; proud; opinionated; egotistical.

Webster 1828 Edition


Conceited

CONCEITED

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pp.
1.
Conceived; imagined; fancied.
2.
Endowed with fancy, or imagination.
3.
Entertaining a flattering opinion of ones self; having a vain or too high conception of ones own person or accomplishments; vain.
If you think me too conceited, or to passion quickly heated.
Followed by of before the object of conceit.
The Athenians were conceited of their own wit, science and politeness.