conceited

动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. simple past and past participle of conceit form-of,participle,past
形容词 adj.
  1. Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.
    — If you think me too conceited / Or to passion quickly heated.
  2. Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device. rhetoric
    — 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.
  3. Endowed with fancy or imagination. obsolete
    — AN EXCELLENT conceited Tragedie OF Romeo and Iuliet. As it hath been often (with great applause) plaid publiquely
  4. Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful. obsolete
    — A conceited chair to sleep in.

词形变化

more conceited comparative conceiteder comparative,nonstandard,rare most conceited superlative conceitedest nonstandard,rare,superlative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English conceit
English -ed
English conceited
From conceit + -ed.
词源 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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