big headed person. big headed person.
A person who thinks highly of oneself is conceited.
i was conceited yesterday
You are thinking of a "hamlet" which does mean a small village. But the word "ham" often refers to a food that comes from a pig; or it can be a slang word that means a person who is a show-off and acts in a conceited way; or it can refer to somebody who is involved in the hobby of amateur radio-- such a person is called a "ham radio operator."
The word conceited is an adjective. The noun form is conceit.
That doctor is extremely conceited, he thinks he is God!
She was terribly conceited and that was what ended our friendship. He is much too conceited for my taste. She was so conceited that she bought fifty mirrors just to look at herself.
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Jennifer is so conceited, she won't even say 'hi' to me in the hallway.
"smelling yourself" is slang (primarily African-American) for being conceited
If you tell someone they are being "nuff" in patois or slang terms it means they are being conceited.
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