Scrabble?! CONCEIT

Definitions of CONCEIT in various dictionaries:

noun - feelings of excessive pride

noun - an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things

noun - a witty or ingenious turn of phrase

noun - an artistic device or effect

noun - the trait of being unduly vain and conceited

A favorable and especially unduly high opinion of one’s own abilities or worth.

An ingenious or witty turn of phrase or thought.

A fanciful poetic image, especially an elaborate or exaggerated comparison.

A poem or passage consisting of such an image.

The result of intellectual activity; a thought or an opinion.

A fanciful thought or idea.

A fancy article; a knickknack.

An extravagant, fanciful, and elaborate construction or structure: “An eccentric addition to the lobby is a life-size wooden horse, a 19th century conceit” (Mimi Sheraton).

To take a fancy to.

To understand; conceive.

verb - to form a mental picture of