See Also: sitzkrieg(dictionary)

conceit (oh) and sitzkrieg (iou)


conceit (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: conceit 'thought, opinion' (14-19 centuries), from conceive, on the model of deceive, deceit]
[U] an attitude that shows you have too high an opinion of your own abilities or importance
-synonym conceitedness conceitedness
::The conceit of the woman!
[C] technical an unusual way of showing or describing something in a play, Film, work of Art etc
::His sermons were full of puns and conceits.

sitzkrieg (iou)



sitzkrieg noun. M20.
[After BLITZKRIEG, German sitzen sit.]
(A part of) a war marked by a (relative) absence of active hostilities.