MDDM: ch. 67 "Garden Pests"
Terrance
lycidas2 at earthlink.net
Tue Aug 6 19:32:38 CDT 2002
Doug Millison wrote:
>
> Back to the dictionary, my friend:
>
> conceit
> \Con*ceit"\, n. [Through French, fr. L. conceptus a
> conceiving, conception, fr. concipere to conceive: cf.
> OF. p. p. nom. conciez conceived. See Conceive, and
> cf. Concept, Deceit.]
>
> 1. That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the
> mind; idea; thought; image; conception.
ANTONYMS:
. humility
. modesty
humbleness
meekness
unpretentiousness
self-effacement
reserve
restraint
constraint
lack of boastfulness
restrained behavior
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