Dictionary entry

Conceited

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Con‐ceit″ed, a. 1. Endowed with fancy or imagination.

He was... pleasantly conceited, and sharp of wit.

Knolles.

2. Entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain.

If you think me too conceited

Or to passion quickly heated.

Swift.

Conceited of their own wit, science, and politeness.

Bentley.

3. Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.

A conceited chair to sleep in.

Evelyn.

Syn. — Vain; proud; opinionated; egotistical.