self-conceited
Americanadjective
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A lottery," wrote Political Economist Sir William Petty in the 17th century, "is properly a tax upon unfortunate, self-conceited fools.
From Time Magazine Archive
"It liberates the vandal to travel--you never saw a bigoted, opinionated, stubborn, narrow-minded, self-conceited, almighty mean man in your life but he had stuck in one place since he was born."
From Time Magazine Archive
In one typical effort, Dogood/Franklin needled Harvard for turning out budding scholars who were "as great blockheads as ever, only more proud and self-conceited."
From Time Magazine Archive
A lover, Barb, if he's not of the humble sort, is the most self-conceited thing alive.
From John March, Southerner by Cable, George W.
"What a vain, self-conceited boy you are, Maurice," she said.
From Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success by Alger, Horatio
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