conceit
Nouns
- (n) feelings of excessive pride amour propre, self-love, vanity,
- (n) an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things
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(n) a witty or ingenious turn of phrase
- he could always come up with some inspired off-the-wall conceit
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(n) an artistic device or effect
- the architect's brilliant conceit was to build the house around the tree
- (n) the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride conceitedness, vanity,