CONCEITED


Meaning of CONCEITED in English

-ēd.ə̇d, -ētə̇d adjective

Etymology: conceit (I) + -ed

1.

a. obsolete

(1) : endowed with intelligence or imagination : clever

(2) : disposed in opinion or attitude : minded ; especially : favorably disposed or favorably minded — usually used with to or of

b. : ingeniously contrived or designed: as

(1) : having or exhibiting a literary style marked by conceits

(2) : consisting of or constructed upon or around a conceit

(3) : containing conceits

2. : entertaining an excessively or unjustifiably high opinion of oneself

• con·ceit·ed·ly adverb

• con·ceit·ed·ness noun -es

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.