CONCEIT

Conceit

In literature, a conceit is an extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs a poetic passage or entire poem. By juxtaposing, usurping and manipulating images and ideas in surprising ways, a conceit invites the reader into a more sophisticated understanding of an object of comparison. Extended conceits in English are part of the poetic idiom of Mannerism, during the later sixteenth and early seventeenth century.

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conceit

Noun

  1. Something conceived in the mind; an idea, a thought.
  2. The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension.
    a man of quick conceit
  3. Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
  4. Opinion, (neutral) judgment.
  5. Esteem, favourable opinion.
  6. A novel or fanciful idea; a whim.
  7. An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
  8. Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris.
  9. Design; pattern.

Verb

  1. To form an idea; to think.
  2. To conceive.


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