self-conceitedadj.

?1574 C. Vitell tr. H. Niclaes Dicta xiii. f. 27^v For when-as the Sinne or the Iniquitie, doth; in such a self-conceited Purpose of his; assault him, and that hee perswadeth himself, that it can not indamaige him.

1595 W. Covell Polimanteia sig. R3^v Any male-contented selfe-conceited, vnregarded malicious subiect.

1597 F. Thynne Names & Armes Chauncelors in Animaduersions (1875) p. xcix The selfe conceyted m^r Savile, prouoste of Eatone.

1611 in Bible (King James) Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v If..we shall be maligned by selfe-conceited brethren, who runne their owne wayes.

1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 211 Lulled asleep with self-conceited ignorance.

1741 tr. Marquis d'Argens Chinese Lett. i. 2 The French..seem to me to be as self-conceited as the Japonese.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xi. 228 This troublesome, pedantic, self-conceited coxcomb.

1887 W. Besant World Went II. xv. 31 Dwarfs..are the most vainglorious and self-conceited persons imaginable.

1926 C. F. Thwing College President ii. 63 Of course, there are students of just the opposite type,—vain, self-conceited, self-glorious, bumptious.

1983 New Scientist 7 Apr. 28/1 He was probably self-conceited and vain about his reputation, selfish about priorities in discoveries and publications.

2012 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 19 Feb. 27 You are the most self-conceited little mongrel prick on TV.

c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) iii. 989 Others..which, selfe-conceited wise, Take a great pride in their owne vaine surmise.

1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia sig. A6^v And to conclude, who selfe conceitedly, Thinkes al men guls, ther's none more gull then he.

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. ix. 566 Selfe-conceitedly to ouer-esteeme what they possesse aboue others.

1854 Morning Post 20 Oct. 3/1 But what is in itself little, appears only the more diminutive, the more confidently and self-conceitedly it ventures into the vicinity of real greatness.

1911 R. Cameron Chit-chat 189 We try, self-conceitedly, to judge of other people's motives, but wise is the man that knows even his own motives.

2003 M. Orlofsky in F. Iftekharrudin et al. Postmodern Approaches to Short Story 50 The postmoderns may be the first generation of writers who self-consciously, or self-conceitedly, expropriate history to their own ends.

a1602 W. Perkins Comm. Epist. Gal. (1604) vi. 489 Outward frailties, in the actions of mens liues..as curiousnesse, nicenesse, slownesse, selfe-conceitednes, frowardnes, hastines, and such like.

1680 R. Baxter Moral Prognostication 67 Self-Conceitedness in their Controversies.

a1721 M. Prior Poems Several Occasions (1742) II. xxiii. 142 But Self-Conceitedness does reign In every mortal Mind.

1823 La Belle Assemblée May 215/2 The self-conceitedness of his own good opinion.

1921 M. M. Chitwood Saved for Purpose xiv.157 I was determined not to be outdone by his self-conceitedness.

1998 William & Mary Q. 55 119 She was certainly not humble: even her Boston supporters admitted the self-conceitedness they agreed she should moderate.