1. excessive pride in oneself or one’s achievements; vanity
2. an elaborate or fanciful metaphor or comparison, especially in poetry
Usage: literary
3. a fanciful or whimsical idea; an imaginative notion

Examples

• His conceit made him unbearable at parties.
• She was full of conceit after winning the award.
• The poet’s elaborate conceit compared love to a chess game.
• Shakespeare often used conceits in his sonnets.
• It was just a silly conceit that occurred to me while walking.
• The architect’s conceit was to design a building shaped like a flower.
• His conceit about his intelligence annoyed his classmates.