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单词 conceitful
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conceitfuladj.

Brit. /kənˈsiːtf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /kənˈsitf(ə)l/
Forms: see conceit n. and -ful suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: conceit n., -ful suffix.
Etymology: < conceit n. + -ful suffix. Compare earlier conceitless adj.
1. Conceived of or constructed by the mind (with the implication of not being real). Obsolete.
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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.
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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.
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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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