CONCEIT

CONCEIT. → General scriptures concerning Pr 3:5,7; 12:15; 23:4; 26:5,12,16; 28:11,26; Isa 5:21; Jer 9:23; Lu 18:11,12; Ro 1:22; 11:25; 12:16 → See HYPOCRISY → See PRIDE

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conceit. Conceit, n. a fancy, idea, opinion, fondness, pride

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Con‐ceit″ (?), n. [[Through French, fr. L. conceptus a conceiving, conception, fr. concipere to conceive: cf. OF. p. p. nom. conciez conceived. See Conceive, and cf. Concept, Deceit.]] 1. 1. That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception.
In laughing, there ever procedeth a conceit of somewhat ridiculous. Bacon. A man wise in his own conceit. Prov. xxvi. 12. 2. 2. Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit.
How often, alas! did her eyes say unto me that they loved! and yet I, not looking for such a matter, had not my conceit open to understand them. Sir P. Sidney. 3. 3. Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
His wit's as thick as Tewksbury mustard; there's more conceit in him than is in a mallet. Shak. 4. 4. A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quant fancy; an unnatural or affected conception; a witty thought or turn of expression; a fanciful device; a whim; a quip.
On his way to the gibbet, a freak took him in the head to go off with a conceit. L'Estrange. Some to conceit alone their works confine, And glittering thoughts struck out at every line. Pope. Tasso is full of conceits . . . which are not only below the dignity of heroic verse but contrary to its nature. Dryden. 5. 5. An overweening idea of one's self; vanity.
Plumed with conceit he calls aloud. Cotton. 6. 6. Design; pattern. Shak.
In conceit with, in accord with; agreeing or conforming. — Out of conceit with, not having a favorable opinion of; not pleased with; as, a man is out of conceit with his dress. — To put out of conceit with, to make one indifferent to a thing, or in a degree displeased with it.