English Explanatory Dictionary

conceited

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.
  2. Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
  3. Endowed with fancy or imagination.
  4. Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of conceit

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-conceited.wav

Word forms

conceited more conceited conceiteder most conceited conceitedest

Etymology

From conceit + -ed.

Derived words

unconceited conceited as a barber's cat conceitedly conceitedness self-conceited
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