MDDM: ch. 67 "Garden Pests"

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Doug Millison wrote:
> ANTONYMS
> yes,
> but not of this meaning of the word
> 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.

Oh! From the Latin concptus, concept, influenced by the Italian
Concetto, but the term or the turn of it,  is here  being used as a
synonym for thought, and as roughly equivalent to concept, idea, and
conception. Specifically its  homonym, if you follow where I put that
shoe, denotes a fanciful supposition, an ingenious act of deception and 
a witty, clever remark and idea.