conceited

English

Alternative forms

• conceipted (obsolete)

Etymology 1

conceit +‎ -ed

Adjective

conceited (comparative more conceited, superlative most conceited)

1. Having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; vain and egotistical.
   • c. 1732, Jonathan Swift, Epistle to a Lady

     If you think me too conceited / Or to passion quickly heated.

   • 1692, Richard Bentley, [A Confutation of Atheism] (please specify the sermon), London: [Thomas Parkhurst; Henry Mortlock], published 1692–1693:

     Conceited of their own wit, and science, and politeness.

2. (rhetoric, literature) Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
   • 2006, A. J. Smith, Metaphysical Wit, page 20:

     Conceited wit showed its character towards the end of the fifteenth century in the work of poets who made it their aim to exercise their hearers' minds with cleaver plays of metaphor and ingenious reasoning.

3. (obsolete) Endowed with fancy or imagination.
   • 1597, title page of First Quarto, Romeo and Juliet

     AN EXCELLENT conceited Tragedie OF Romeo and Iuliet. As it hath been often (with great applause) plaid publiquely

   • 1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, OCLC 837543169:

     He was […] pleasantly conceited, and sharp of wit.

4. (obsolete) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.
   • 1644 November 20 (Gregorian calendar)​, John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 10 November 1644]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], volume I, 2nd edition, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, OCLC 976971842:

     A conceited chair to sleep in.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:arrogant

Derived terms

• conceitedly
• conceitedness
• self-conceited

Translations

vain and egotistic

• Arabic: مَغْرُور‎ (maḡrūr)
• Bengali: আত্মাভিমানী (atmabhimanī)
• Bulgarian: суетен (bg) (sueten), надут (bg) (nadut)
• Catalan: presumptuós
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自大 (zh) (zìdà), 狂妄 (zh) (kuángwàng), 囂張／嚣张 (zh) (xiāozhāng)

• Dutch: verwaand (nl)
• Esperanto: vanta
• Finnish: turhamainen (fi) (vain); itsekäs (fi) (egotistic)
• French: vain (fr), vaniteux (fr), orgueilleux (fr), suffisant (fr), prétentieux (fr)
• German: eingebildet (de)
• Greek: ματαιόδοξος (el) (mataiódoxos)

  Ancient: γαῦρος (gaûros)

• Hungarian: beképzelt (hu), önhitt (hu), öntelt (hu), önelégült (hu), elbizakodott (hu)
• Irish: stráiciúil, leitheadach, postúil, mórchúiseach, mustrach, mórálach, anbharúlach, postúil
• Latvian: iedomīgs, uzpūtīgs
• Maori: whakapehapeha
• Norman: ordgilleux (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: innbilsk

• Occitan: bufaire (oc), espompit, morrelevat, vanitós (oc), orgulhós (oc)
• Portuguese: convencido (pt)
• Romanian: înfumurat (ro) m
• Russian: самодово́льный (ru) (samodovólʹnyj), тщесла́вный (ru) (tščeslávnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: mòr às fhèin
• Spanish: presuntuoso (es)
• Tagalog: alangas
• Ukrainian: марносла́вний (marnoslávnyj)

having an excessively favorable opinion of oneself

• Arabic: مُتَعَصِّب‎ m (mutaʕaṣṣib)
• Bulgarian: самонадеян (bg) (samonadejan)
• Finnish: itserakas (fi), omahyväinen (fi)
• French: prétentieux (fr), vaniteux (fr)
• Greek: φαντασμένος (el) (fantasménos)
• Irish: ainiontach, postúil, mórmheasúil
• Italian: pallone gonfiato, arrogante (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: innbilsk, pretensiøs

• Polish: zarozumiały (pl)
• Swedish: egenkär (sv), självgod (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} ijdel (nl), ^{(please verify)} hoogmoedig (nl), ^{(please verify)} narcistisch (nl), ^{(please verify)} hooghartig (nl),
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} vantemulo, ^{(please verify)} malmodesta
• French: ^{(please verify)} vaniteux (fr), ^{(please verify)} orgueilleux (fr), ^{(please verify)} prétentieux (fr), ^{(please verify)} narcissique (fr)
• Maori: ^{(please verify)} whakakake, ^{(please verify)} whakaī

Etymology 2

See conceit (verb)

Verb

conceited

1. simple past tense and past participle of conceit