conceit
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 自负，空想，狂妄
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 conceyte
- 借自 ←古法语 concevoir
- 继承自 ←拉丁语 concipiō
- 仿译自 ←古希腊语 σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω
词源说明
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (obsolete) Something conceived in the mind; an idea, a thought. [14th–18th c.]
- The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension.
- Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
- (obsolete) Opinion, (neutral) judgment. [14th–18th c.]
- (now rare, dialectal) Esteem, favourable opinion. [from 15th c.]
- (countable) A novel or fanciful idea; a whim. [from 16th c.]
- (countable, rhetoric, literature) An ingenious