conceited /kənˈsiː.tɪd/ adjective4 •Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.If you think me too conceited / Or to passion quickly heated. — 1732 •(rhetoric) Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device. •(no longer used) Endowed with fancy or imagination.AN EXCELLENT conceited Tragedie OF Romeo and Iuliet. As it hath been often (with great applause) plaid publiquely — 1591 •(no longer used) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.A conceited chair to sleep in. — 1644 formsconceiteder · more conceited · conceitedest · most conceited