Answer: an elaborate and extended metaphor
conceit
noun
Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘notion’ also ‘quaintly decorative article’): from conceive on the pattern of pairs such as deceive deceit.
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Conceit definition is – favorable opinion; especially : excessive appreciation of one’s own worth or virtue. How to use conceit in a sentence.
Define conceit . conceit synonyms conceit pronunciation conceit translation English dictionary definition of conceit . n. 1. a. Unduly favorable estimation of one’s …
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(Entry 1 of 2) 1 an elaborate or fanciful way of expressing something the conceit that the crowd at the outdoor rock concert was a vast sea of people waving to the beat of the music
Conceit Definition. A conceit (kuhn-SEAT) is an elaborate improbable comparison between two very unlike things to create an imaginative connection between them.As a result conceits are often mentioned in connection with simile extended metaphors and allegories since they also use comparisons or symbolic imagery.
Conceit is a figure of speech in which two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors. Conceit develops a comparison which is exceedingly unlikely but is nonetheless intellectually imaginative.
In modern literary criticism more common with genre fiction conceit often means an extended rhetorical d…
noun
Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘notion’ also ‘quaintly decorative article’): from conceive on the pattern of pairs such as deceive deceit.
Scrabble Points: 11
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Conceit definition is – favorable opinion; especially : excessive appreciation of one’s own worth or virtue. How to use conceit in a sentence.
Define conceit . conceit synonyms conceit pronunciation conceit translation English dictionary definition of conceit . n. 1. a. Unduly favorable estimation of one’s …
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(Entry 1 of 2) 1 an elaborate or fanciful way of expressing something the conceit that the crowd at the outdoor rock concert was a vast sea of people waving to the beat of the music
Conceit Definition. A conceit (kuhn-SEAT) is an elaborate improbable comparison between two very unlike things to create an imaginative connection between them.As a result conceits are often mentioned in connection with simile extended metaphors and allegories since they also use comparisons or symbolic imagery.
Conceit is a figure of speech in which two vastly different objects are likened together with the help of similes or metaphors. Conceit develops a comparison which is exceedingly unlikely but is nonetheless intellectually imaginative.
In modern literary criticism more common with genre fiction conceit often means an extended rhetorical d…