1. excessive pride in oneself or one’s abilities; vanity
2. elaborate or fanciful metaphors or ideas, especially in literature
Usage: literary
3. unusual or whimsical ideas or notions

Examples

• His conceits about his artistic talent were obvious to everyone.
• She was full of conceits and rarely listened to criticism.
• The poet’s conceits made his work difficult to understand.
• Shakespeare’s sonnets are famous for their elaborate conceits.
• The author’s strange conceits about time travel confused readers.
• Her conceits about fashion led to some unusual outfit choices.
• The play was filled with witty conceits and wordplay.