Archaic term meaning pride, vanity, arrogance, or excessive self-regard; a conceited or boastful attitude.
From for- (prefix suggesting exaggeration) + conceit (from Latin conceptus, past participle of concipere, meaning to conceive or form an opinion). The prefix intensifies the sense of excessive pride.
Medieval writers used 'forconceit' when they wanted to sound especially judgmental—the doubled 'for-' prefix making the selfishness sound almost grotesque and ridiculous.
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