单词 | conceitful |
释义 | conceitfuladj.ΚΠ c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 298 (MED) Þouȝ euer eiþer of hem [sc. active and passive worship] be in such a conceitful being oonly. 2. Clever, witty; imaginative; fanciful; (sometimes) spec. characterized by or abounding in artistic conceits (conceit n. 10b). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [adjective] keena1000 nimbleOE wittya1100 smeighc1200 understandingc1200 aperta1330 skillwisea1340 witted1377 intelligiblea1382 well-feelinga1382 knowinga1398 finec1400 large?a1425 well-knowingc1425 of understanding1428 capax1432 sententiousc1440 well-wittedc1450 intellectual?a1475 clean1485 industriousc1487 intellective1509 cleanlyc1540 ingenious?a1560 fine-headed1574 conceited1579 conceitful1594 intelligenced1596 dexter1597 ingenuous1598 intelligent1598 senseful1598 parted1600 thinking1605 dexterical1607 solert1612 apprehensivea1616 dexterous1622 solertic1623 intelligential1646 callent1656 cunning1671 thoughtful1674 perceptive1696 clever1716 uptaking1756 spiritual1807 bright1815 gnostic1819 knowledgeable1825 brainy1845 opulent1851 opening1872 super-cerebral1916 brainiac1976 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [adjective] imaginativec1405 inventivec1450 feigning1483 creativea1513 inventative1541 inventious1591 conceitful1594 forgetive1600 productive1612 projecting1614 excogitous1646 plastic1662 ingeniary1664 formful1730 forgeful1751 inventful1797 original-minded1797 original1803 originative1811 vivid1814 fingent1837 constructive1841 right-brained1871 poietic1905 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [adjective] quainta1250 conceitive1579 conceited1583 conceity1589 conceitful1594 wittya1616 sharply-conceived1630 smart1639 mercurial1647 spiritual1701 wittified1742 scintillant1764 witful1765 1594 J. Dickenson Arisbas sig. G3v The facetious grace of sharpe-cutting conceiptfull Epigrams. ?1594 (title) Diana; or, the excellent conceitful Sonnets of H. C[onstable]. ?1596 J. Dickenson Shepheardes Complaint sig. B3v Whose golden lines are mongst conceitfull men, Esteem'd as doth his labours best behooue. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 28 O richest Arras, artificial wrought With liueliest Colours of Conceipt-full Thought! a1631 J. Donne Paradoxes (1652) 21 To be fantastick in young men is conceitfull distemperature, and a witty madness. 1709 F. Gandouet French Politick Detected 76 The Antinomian Protestant is..fixt to nothing, but like a Weather-Cock, is given to all Winds of Doctrine, which render him Moross, precise, Conceitful. 1844 Weekly Chron. 11 Feb. 3/3 Its history, with help of the conceitful pen of Kenny Meadows, [is] pleasantly set forth. 1897 Yale Lit. Mag. Dec. 138 We see his Ambrosiac Muse..toying in a light and trifling spirit with love's casuistry. The object of this conceitful praise is—who? 1926 Daily Mail (Hagerstown, Maryland) 10 Dec. 4 (advt.) Gift perfume must be boxed and the more conceitful the box the better. 3. Full of conceit (conceit n. 7); having or characterized by an excessively high opinion of oneself or one's qualities, conceited. ΚΠ 1822 European Mag. & London Rev. Feb. 134 His high magnanimous soul would scorn to spread Shame's crimson ensign on a maiden's cheek By a conceitful boast of unsought tenderness. 1888 I. Schwab Sabbath in Hist. I. iii. 38 The exorbitant pride and conceitful patriotism of the high-born Roman bigot. 1920 Motor Age 1 Apr. 30 ‘Kindergarten stuff,’ remarked Joe Bush, in a tone bordering on disgust, but intimating in a conceitful way that he had something better. 1979 M. Pelli Age of Haskalah x. 224 As they accumulated wealth, they became conceitful and arrogant. 2001 Courier Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 6 Oct. m7 Milton Obote rules the country with a sort of conceitful swagger. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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