conceited en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /kənˈsiː.tɪd/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Archaic Latin kapiō Latin capiō ▲ Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)calq. Latin concipiō Old French concevoirbor. Middle English conceyven Middle English conceyte English conceit Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English conceited From conceit + -ed.
Meanings
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Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.
And another asked me if I had come to get a Canadian sweetheart; and a third, one of the impudentest, most conceitedest fellows I ever did set eyes upon, nudged me, so that I spilled my coffee all over my second-best damask-silk apron—the one with bugle fringe, you know, Miss Capel—and says he, ‘Is it a case of Barkis is willin'?'
1877, Emma Jane Worboise, “The New Evangeline”, in The Grey House at Endlestone, London: James Clarke and Co., […]; Hodder and Stoughton, […], →OCLC, page 480:Conceited of their own wit, and science, and politeness.
1692, Richard Bentley, [A Confutation of Atheism] (please specify the sermon), London: [Thomas Parkhurst; Henry Mortlock], published 1692–1693:If you think me too conceited / Or to passion quickly heated.
c. 1732, Jonathan Swift, Epistle to a Lady:
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(rhetoric) Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
Conceited wit showed its character towards the end of the fifteenth century in the work of poets who made it their aim to exercise their hearers' minds with cleaver plays of metaphor and ingenious reasoning.
2006, A. J. Smith, Metaphysical Wit, page 20:
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(obsolete) Endowed with fancy or imagination.
He was […] pleasantly conceited, and sharp of wit.
1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:AN EXCELLENT conceited Tragedie OF Romeo and Iuliet. As it hath been often (with great applause) plaid publiquely
c. 1591–1595 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] Romeo and Juliet. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, published 1597, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
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(obsolete) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.
A conceited chair to sleep in.
1644 November 19 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 10 November 1644]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| conceiteder | Degree=Cmp | nonstandard, rare | lexicographic |
| most conceited | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| conceitedest | Degree=Sup | nonstandard, rare | lexicographic |
| more conceited | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
self-conceited · conceitedness · conceited as a barber's cat · conceitedly · unconceited
Translations (93)
bg надут (vain and egotistic) · es comparón (vain and egotistic) · ar مَغْرُور (vain and egotistic) · gd mòr às fhèin (vain and egotistic) · lv iedomīgs (vain and egotistic) · hu önelégült (vain and egotistic) · pl zarozumiały (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · de blasiert (vain and egotistic) · ar مُتَعَصِّب (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · fi itsekäs (egotistic) (vain and egotistic) · oc orgulhós (vain and egotistic) · fr prétentieux (vain and egotistic) · bn আত্মাভিমানী (vain and egotistic) · ga mustrach (vain and egotistic) · fr vaniteux (vain and egotistic) · nrf ordgilleux (vain and egotistic) · ru тщесла́вный (vain and egotistic) · ga postúil (vain and egotistic) · el ματαιόδοξος (vain and egotistic) · ga mórmheasúil (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · ca presumptuós (vain and egotistic) · de selbstgefällig (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · nb innbilsk (vain and egotistic) · sv självgod (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · oc bufaire (vain and egotistic) · ga mórchúiseach (vain and egotistic) · fr suffisant (vain and egotistic) · de selbstüberschätzend (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · da indbildsk (vain and egotistic) · lv uzpūtīgs (vain and egotistic) · de eingebildet (vain and egotistic) · ga mórálach (vain and egotistic) · de dünkelhaft (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · ga ainiontach (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · es presuntuoso (vain and egotistic) · fr vain (vain and egotistic) · es engreído (vain and egotistic) · uk зарозумі́лий (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · es finchado (vain and egotistic) · uk марносла́вний (vain and egotistic) · hu öntelt (vain and egotistic) · de aufgeblasen (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · ga anbharúlach (vain and egotistic) · nl verwaand (vain and egotistic) · el φαντασμένος (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · de prätentiös (vain and egotistic) · de arrogant (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · de hochnäsig (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · oc vanitós (vain and egotistic) · eo vanta (vain and egotistic) · bg възгордян (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · ro înfumurat (vain and egotistic) · oc espompit (vain and egotistic) · fr orgueilleux (vain and egotistic) · fr imbu de soi (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · bg суетен (vain and egotistic) · es presumido (vain and egotistic) · sv egenkär (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · es comparón (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · hu elbizakodott (vain and egotistic) · cmn 囂張 /嚣张 (vain and egotistic) · it arrogante (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · es creído (vain and egotistic) · hu önhitt (vain and egotistic) · nb innbilsk (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · ga postúil (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · es presumido (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · fr vaniteux (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · cmn 狂妄 (vain and egotistic) · fi turhamainen (vain and egotistic) · de elitär (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · de selbsteingenommen (vain and egotistic) · es conceptuoso (having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device) · fi itserakas (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · fi omahyväinen (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · ru самодово́льный (vain and egotistic) · tl alangas (vain and egotistic) · mi whakapehapeha (vain and egotistic) · cmn 自大 (vain and egotistic) · ota بورونلو (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · it pallone gonfiato (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · hu beképzelt (vain and egotistic) · de eitel (vain and egotistic) · grc γαῦρος (vain and egotistic) · de verblendet (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · oc morrelevat (vain and egotistic) · nb pretensiøs (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · bg самонадеян (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · ga stráiciúil (vain and egotistic) · de stolz (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · pt convencido (vain and egotistic) · fr prétentieux (having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself) · ga leitheadach (vain and egotistic)