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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
conceit/kənˈsiːt/

▶noun

1 excessive pride in oneself.

2 an elaborate metaphor or artistic effect.
■ a fanciful notion.

– origin ME: from conceive, on the pattern of deceive, deceit.

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Singular/plural - by <a high or low degree, high or low degrees> of conceit and rashness
take the conceit out of <somebody>
That had simply been his own human conceit
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