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conceit




Definizioni

inglese > italiano
conceit
     1. sost. presunzione
     2. sost. immaginazione
     3. sost. idea
     4. sost. (letterario) metafora ricercata, o l'uso di queste
     5. verb. (Obs) immaginare, concepire
inglese > inglese
conceit
     1. subst. (obsolete) Something conceived in the mind; an idea, a thought.
     2. subst. The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension.
           a man of quick conceit
     3. subst. Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
     4. subst. (obsolete) Opinion, (neutral) judgment.
     5. subst. (now rare, dialectal) Esteem, favourable opinion.
     6. subst. A novel or fanciful idea; a whim.
     7. subst. (rhetoric, literature) An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
     8. subst. Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris.
     9. subst. Design; pattern.
     10. v. (obsolete) To form an idea; to think.
     11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To conceive.

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Yes, nothing like small conceit, ay? 



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