[f. as prec. + -NESS.]
† 1. Cleverness, intelligence; wit. Obs.
1603. Florio, Montaigne, II. xii. (1632), 271. This conceitednesse which we call reason.
1691. Wood, Ath. Oxon., II. 537. The forwardness … and conceitedness of the Youth.
† 2. Fancifulness; imagination. Obs.
1669. Woodhead, St. Teresa, II. i. 4. All proceeded from conceitedness and fancy.
1708. T. Smith, in Hearne’s Collect., 24 July, II. 121. I … pityed his weaknes and conceitednes.
3. Self-conceit.
1601. Dent, Pathw. Heaven, 311. Wee see, what a wide gate into Hell, conceitednesse is.
1665. Pepys, Diary, 23 Oct. I am troubled with the much talk and conceitedness of Mrs. Williams.
1741. Richardson, Pamela, II. 157. Were Conceitedness, Vanity, and Pride, to take hold of my frail Heart!
1816. J. Scott, Vis. Paris, 160. This pragmatical conceitedness, which converts courtesy into insult.
