Meanings (ES + gloss)
concepción • concepto • idea
An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
In the next and final stanza, Donne expands the conceit of world exploration to present us with a further distinction between the spirituality of the lovers and the “map reader” an…
The “cyberspace” conceit allows him to dramatize computer hacking in nontechnical language, although I wonder how much his somewhat florid descriptions of the “bodiless exultation…
ego • engreimiento • presunción • vanidad
Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris.
Plum'd with conceit he calls aloud.
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