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conceit

Definition of conceit

2an ingenious or fanciful comparison or metaphor:the idea of the wind’s singing is a prime romantic conceit
an artistic effect or device:the director’s brilliant conceit was to film this tale in black and white
a fanciful notion:he is alarmed by the widespread conceit that he spent most of the 1980s drunk

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'notion', also 'quaintly decorative article'): from conceive, on the pattern of pairs such as deceive, deceit

i before e except after c (as in receive).

Definition of conceit in the US English dictionary

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