You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain
(adjective) characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; “a conceited fool”; “an attitude of self-conceited arrogance”; “an egotistical disregard of others”; “so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty”; “growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary”; “vain about her clothes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
conceited (comparative more conceited, superlative most conceited)
Having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; vain and egotistical.
(rhetoric, literature) Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
(obsolete) Endowed with fancy or imagination.
(obsolete) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.
• See also arrogant
conceited
simple past tense and past participle of conceit
Source: Wiktionary
Con*ceit"ed, a.
1. Endowed with fancy or imagination. [Obs.] He was . . . pleasantly conceited, and sharp of wit. Knolles.
2. Entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain. If you think me too conceited Or to passion quickly heated. Swift. Conceited of their own wit, science, and politeness. Bentley.
3. Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful. [Obs.] A conceited chair to sleep in. Evelyn.
Syn.
– Vain; proud; opinionated; egotistical.
Con*ceit", n. Etym: [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. In laughing, there ever procedeth a conceit of somewhat ridiculous. Bacon. A man wise in his own conceit. Prov. xxvi. 12.
2. Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit. [Obs.] How often, alas! did her eyes say unto me that they loved! and yet I, not looking for such a matter, had not my conceit open to understand them. Sir P. Sidney.
3. Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy. His wit's as thick as Tewksbury mustard; there's more conceit in him than is in a mallet. Shak.
4. A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quant fancy; an unnatural or affected conception; a witty thought or turn of expression; a fanciful device; a whim; a quip. On his way to the gibbet, a freak took him in the head to go off with a conceit. L'Estrange. Some to conceit alone their works confine, And glittering thoughts struck out at every line. Pope. Tasso is full of conceits . . . which are not only below the dignity of heroic verse but contrary to its nature. Dryden.
5. An overweening idea of one's self; vanity. Plumed with conceit he calls aloud. Cotton.
6. Design; pattern. [Obs.] Shak. In conceit with, in accord with; agreeing or conforming.
– Out of conceit with, not having a favorable opinion of; not pleased with; as, a man is out of conceit with his dress.
– To put [one] out conceit with, to make one indifferent to a thing, or in a degree displeased with it.
Con*ceit", v. t.
Definition: To conceive; to imagine. [Archaic] The strong, by conceiting themselves weak, are therebly rendered as inactive . . . as if they really were so. South. One of two bad ways you must conceit me, Either a coward or a flatterer. Shak.
Con*ceit", v. i.
Definition: To form an idea; to think. [Obs.] Those whose . . . vulgar apprehensions conceit but low of matrimonial purposes. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 June 2025
(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”
You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.