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conˈceitedness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
†1. Cleverness, intelligence; wit. Obs.
1603Florio Montaigne ii. xii. (1632) 271 This conceitednesse which we call reason. 1691Wood Ath. Oxon. II. 537 The forwardness..and conceitedness of the Youth.
†2. Fancifulness; imagination. Obs.
1669Woodhead St. Teresa ii. i. 4 All proceeded from conceitedness and fancy. 1708T. Smith in Hearne's Collect. 24 July II. 121, I..pityed his weaknes and conceitednes.
3. Self-conceit.
1601Dent Pathw. Heaven 311 Wee see, what a wide gate into Hell, conceitednesse is. 1665Pepys Diary 23 Oct., I am troubled with the much talk and conceitedness of Mrs. Williams. 1741Richardson Pamela II. 157 Were Conceitedness, Vanity, and Pride, to take hold of my frail Heart! 1816J. Scott Vis. Paris 160 This pragmatical conceitedness, which converts courtesy into insult. |