SELF-CONCEIT, SELF-CONCEITED
ADJECTIVES
► BUMPTIOUS offensively self-conceited; self-assertive → 1803 colloq.
► OVER-PERTED made too pert, saucy, or self-conceited → 1614 obs.
► POVIE spruce and self-conceited → 19C Sc.
NOUNS
► OPINION favourable estimate of oneself or one’s own abilities; either in bad sense; self-conceit, arrogance, dogmatism, or in good sense; self-confidence → 1588 obs.