conceited.
Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.
Meaning & usage
Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.
Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
Endowed with fancy or imagination.
Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Archaic Latin kapiō Latin capiō ▲ Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)calq. Latin concipiō Old French concevoirbor. Middle English conceyven Middle English conceyte English conceit Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English conceited From conceit + -ed.
simple past and past participle of conceit
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