conceited

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CONCEITED, participle passive 1. Conceived; imagined; fancied. 2. Endowed with fancy, or imagination. 3. Entertaining a flattering opinion of ones self; having a vain or too high conception of ones own person or accomplishments; vain. If you think me too conceited or to passion quickly heated. Followed by of before the object of conceit. The Athenians were conceited of their own wit, science and politeness.
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