The Collaborative International Dictionary
Self-conceited \Self`-con*ceit"ed\, a. Having an overweening opinion of one's own powers, attainments; vain; conceited. -- Self`-con*ceit"ed*ness, n.
Wiktionary
a. Having self-conceit; vain; having a high or overweening opinion of one's own person or merits.
WordNet
adj. 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" [syn: conceited, egotistic, egotistical, swollen, swollen-headed, vain]
Usage examples of "self-conceited".
Young and rather self-conceited, I fancied that it was not necessary for me to spend much time in committing my sermon to memory.
I always feel the greatest bliss when I recollect those I have caught in my snares, for they generally are insolent, and so self-conceited that they challenge wit. We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to be despised for a fool is covered with steel and it is often very hard to find his vulnerable part.