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nounfeelings of excessive pride
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nounthe trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
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"the architect's brilliant conceit was to build the house around the tree"nounan artistic device or effecttype of:
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nounan elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar thingstype of:
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"he could always come up with some inspired off-the-wall conceit"nouna witty or ingenious turn of phrasetype of:
Examples of conceit
- "the architect's brilliant conceit was to build the house around the tree"
- "he could always come up with some inspired off-the-wall conceit"