Con-cēit'ed, a.

adjective

a. 1. Endowed with fancy or imagination. [Obs.]

He was of countenance amiable, of feature comely, active of body, pleasantly conceited, and sharp of wit. Knolles.

Sense 2. Entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; having a vain or too high conception of one's own person or accomplishments; vain.

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

How vicious and corrupt the Athenians were, how conceited of their own wit, science, and politeness. Bentley.

Sense 3. Curiously contrived; fanciful. [Obs.] “A conceited chair to sleep in.” Evelyn.

Synonyms—Vain; proud; opinionated; egotistical.