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Noun
/kənˈsēt/,
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conceits, plural;
  1. Excessive pride in oneself
    • - he was puffed up with conceit
  2. A fanciful expression in writing or speech; an elaborate metaphor
    • - the idea of the wind's singing is a prime romantic conceit
  3. An artistic effect or device
    • - the director's brilliant conceit was to film this tale in black and white
  4. A fanciful notion
    • - he is alarmed by the widespread conceit that he spent most of the 1980s drunk
  1. amour propre: feelings of excessive pride
  2. an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things
  3. a witty or ingenious turn of phrase; "he could always come up with some inspired off-the-wall conceit"
  4. an artistic device or effect; "the architect's brilliant conceit was to build the house around the tree"
  5. the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
  6. (conceited) characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and ...
  7. In literature, a conceit is an extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs a poetic passage or entire poem. By juxtaposing, usurping and manipulating images and ideas in surprising ways, a conceit invites the reader into a more sophisticated understanding of an object of comparison. ...
  8. Conceit is a novel by the Canadian author Mary Novik, published in 2007 by Doubleday Canada.
  9. Conceit is an American rapper from San Francisco who won the Youtube.com "On The Rise" Video contest. The finalists were selected by 50 Cent. In 2007 he won a record deal with Interscope Records, and a gift certificate with Guitar Center. ...
  10. "Conceited (There's Something About Remy)", simply known as "Conceited", is the second single by American rapper Remy Ma from her first studio album ''''. The song was produced by Scott Storch.
  11. Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris; Something conceived in the mind; a conception; a notion; an idea; a thought; A novel or fanciful idea; a whim; A device of analogy consisting of an extended metaphor
  12. (conceited) vain and egotistic; having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc
  13. (CONCEITS) A term used to represent curiously contrived and fanciful jewelry, a jeweler's artifice or jeweled accessories which are quaint, artificial, or have an affected conception that flatters one's vanity.
  14. The noun Conceit is derived from the verb 'to conceive' and used for a fanciful idea (eg an ornamental structure with little or no use).
  15. A fanciful poetic image or metaphor that likens one thing to something else that is seemingly very different. An example of a conceit can be found in Shakespeare's sonnet “Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?” and in Emily Dickinson's poem “There is no frigate like a book.”
  16. a complicated intellectual metaphor. Petrarchan conceits drew on conventional sensory imagery popularized by the Italian poet Petrarch (1304-74). Metaphysical conceits were characterized by esoteric, abstract associations and surprising effects. ...
  17. (also called a metaphysical conceit): An elaborate or unusual comparison--especially one using unlikely metaphors, simile, hyperbole, and contradiction. Before the beginning of the seventeenth century, the term conceit was a synonym for "thought" and roughly equivalent to "idea" or "concept. ...
  18. This has a specific meaning in composition, namely a figure of speech that establishes an elaborate and striking parallel between two situations or objects that are at first sight completely different.
  19. extended or complicated metaphor that is impressive largely because it shows off an author s power to manipulate and sustain a striking comparison between two dissimilar items. ...
  20. A witty or ingenious thought; a diverting or highly fanciful idea, often stated in figurative language.
  21. concepto (an elaborate and striking parallel is suggested between dissimilar things or situations -- Quevedo's sonnet "En crespa tempestad del oro undoso" compares a woman's hair simultaneously with gold, a stormy sea, the sun and fire, in which the lover's heart drowns/burns/exults/desires/is ...
  22. An elaborate poetic image that likens one thing to something else that is seemingly very different. The charm is in the cleverness of the poet in both recognizing the aptness of the comparison and convincing the audience.
  23. An elaborate metaphor, artificially strained or far-fetched, in which the subject is compared with a simpler analogue usually chosen from nature or a familiar context. Especially associated with intense emotional or spiritual feelings, they sometimes extend through the entire length of a poem. ...
  24. The conceit is a striking metaphor. It is so original and unconventional that it not only strikes the reader into attention, but sometimes shocks them, being even objectionable or absurd at first. Read More...
  25. A clever and fanciful metaphor, usually expressed through elaborate and extended comparison, that presents a striking parallel between two seemingly dissimilar things for example, elaborately comparing a beautiful woman to an object like a garden or the sun. ...