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Out of conceit with

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con⋅ceit

  [kuhn-seet]
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–noun
1. an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
2. something that is conceived in the mind; a thought; idea: He jotted down the conceits of his idle hours.
3. imagination; fancy.
4. a fancy; whim; fanciful notion.
5. an elaborate, fanciful metaphor, esp. of a strained or far-fetched nature.
6. the use of such metaphors as a literary characteristic, esp. in poetry.
7. a fancy, purely decorative article.
8. British Dialect.
a. favorable opinion; esteem.
b. personal opinion or estimation.
9. Obsolete. the faculty of conceiving; apprehension.
–verb (used with object)
10. to flatter (esp. oneself).
11. British Dialect. to take a fancy to; have a good opinion of.
12. Obsolete.
a. to imagine.
b. to conceive; apprehend.
—Idiom
13. out of conceit with, displeased or dissatisfied with.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME conceyte, conceipt, deriv. of conceive by analogy with deceive, deceit and receive, receipt; cf. AF conceite; see concept

Synonyms:
1. self-esteem, vanity, egotism, complacency. See pride.

Antonyms:
1. humility.
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Word Origin & History

conceit 
c.1374, from conceiven (see conceive). An Eng. formation based on deceit and receipt. Sense evolved from "something formed in the mind," to "fanciful or witty notion" (1513), to "vanity" (1605) through shortening of self-conceit (1588). Conceited "having an overweening opinion of oneself" is from 1597.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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