Thesaurus: conceit

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1. n. That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception.
2. n. Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit.
3. n. Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
4. 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.
5. n. An overweening idea of one's self; vanity.
6. n. Design; pattern.
7. v. t. To conceive; to imagine.
8. v. i. To form an idea; to think.
9. n. feelings of excessive pride
10. n. an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things
11. n. a witty or ingenious turn of phrase
12. n. an artistic device or effect