conceit

«conceit» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Thinking far too well of yourself; being too proud of how… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (conceit — uncountable in sense 1; a conceit, conceits in sense 2)

meaning for a pupil

1) Thinking far too well of yourself; being too proud of how clever, good-looking or important you are. tree →

2) (in poetry, formal) a clever, surprising comparison or idea. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means imagination or opinion, what a person only imagines in his own mind. Interpretation: The tradition reads Proverbs as warning that wealth is a false security, only a wall in the owner's imagination, while real protection is God's name. In the primary lessons: Used in stories and character studies to describe a vain, boastful person. It is the noun for «conceited». In The Wind in the Willows Toad is full of conceit: he boasts and sings songs about how wonderful he is. In lessons about values, conceit is the opposite of humility (being humble).

examples

• The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own conceit. (Writings PRO.18.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• Toad's conceit grew with every song he sang about himself. tree →
• Her conceit made her hard to like. tree →
• He was clever, but without any conceit. tree →
• The hare's conceit made him lose the race. tree →
• «I'm the best,» he said, full of conceit. tree →
• The story warns against pride and conceit. tree →
• The poet used a clever conceit, comparing love to a compass. tree →
• The smaller the mind the greater the conceit. tree →

note

Uncountable when it means pride: no «a» and no plural. Adjective: conceited (a conceited boy). Different from «concept» (an idea) and «deceit» (lying). Spelling rule: i before e except after c — conceit.

In the corpora

• The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own conceit.
• Conceited = thinks too much of himself; boastful = always showing off about what he has or does.
• The book calls it «perhaps the most conceited song that any animal ever composed».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «conceit» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.