Definition of conceit

• n. - That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception.
• n. - Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit.
• n. - Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
• n. - A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quant fancy; an unnatural or affected conception; a witty thought or turn of expression; a fanciful device; a whim; a quip.
• n. - An overweening idea of one's self; vanity.
• n. - Design; pattern.
• v. t. - To conceive; to imagine.
• v. i. - To form an idea; to think.