Definition of "conceits" [conceits]

• Plural form of conceit. (noun)

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• "Only two qualms: editing needed to stricter; and certain conceits simply did not work."
• "But God takes notice of the vain conceits men have of themselves in their prosperity when the mind is lifted up with the condition, and often, for the humbling of the spirit, finds a way to bring down the estate."
• "This is, after all, the primary symptom of disease in the public taste, which has set us on writing this review -- that critics all round are crying: "An ill - constructed whole, no doubt; but full of beautiful passages" -- the word "passages" turning out to mean, in plain English, conceits."