单词 | in one's own conceit |
释义 | > as lemmasin one's own conceit in one's own conceit: according to one's own (inflated) opinion, estimation, or judgement. Frequently with negative connotations (cf. sense 7). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > personal opinion > [adverb] > in my opinion to (my) seemingc1386 to my supposinga1393 in my mindc1400 conceitc1405 in one's own conceit1483 in my fantasy1561 to my mind1600 in my seeming1604 in (also to) my conception1650 to my way of thinking1733 if you ask me1873 1483 tr. Adam of Eynsham Reuelation xxvi Thys clerke..was wise and wyttye in hys owne conceyte. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Rom. xii. 16 Be not proude in youre awne consaytes [ Cranmer & Geneva opinions; Rheims conceite; 1611 King James, 1881 conceits]. 1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale 5 Standing to miche in our own consaightis. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 734 He imagined in his awne conceipt, that this request would be made. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 497 One that in his own conceit is a main Husband, and is forward enough to call some..prodigall. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 176 By falling down in your own conceipt, you are mounted higher in the opinion of all others. a1704 T. Brown Oration in Praise Drunkenness in Wks. (1707) I. i. 53 A Drunkard does..fancy himself a King in his own Conceit. 1765 C. Shaw Race 29 Endless groups on groups from ev'ry street, Popes, Shakespears, Johnsons—in their own conceit. 1805 J. Whitehouse Jrnl. 20 Jan. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1997) XI. 122 Some of them..quick & Sensible in their own way & in their own conceit. 1833 C. Lamb Pop. Fallacies xvi, in Last Ess. Elia 279 The first thing to aggrandise a man in his own conceit, is to conceive of himself as neglected. 1931 T. S. Moore Poems 276 Was ever pygmy so huge in his own conceit! 2009 Right Vision News (Pakistan) (Nexis) 28 Dec. Many worry that Mr Zardari may not smart enough from the narrow escape that he seems to have had, and instead becomes wise in his own conceit. < as lemmas |
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