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Traditional English :: vainglory
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vaingloriiusnes - n. literary boastfulness; extreme vanity. vainglorious adj. vaingloriously adv. vaingloriousness n. [ME, after OF vaine gloire, L vana gloria] |
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Traditional English :: vainglory
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vaingloriiusnes - n. literary boastfulness; extreme vanity. vainglorious adj. vaingloriously adv. vaingloriousness n. [ME, after OF vaine gloire, L vana gloria] |
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English Idioms :: vain
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vaingloriiusnes - See: IN VAIN, TAKE ONE'S NAME IN VAIN. |
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Traditional English :: vain
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vaingloriiusnes - adj. 1 excessively proud or conceited, esp. about one's own attributes. 2 empty, trivial, unsubstantial (vain boasts; vain triumphs). 3 useless; followed by no good result (in the vain hope of dissuading them). in vain without result or success (it was in vain that we protested). take a person's name in vain use it lightly or profanely. vainly adv. vainness n. [ME f. OF f. L vanus empty, without substance] |
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Traditional English :: vainglory
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vaingloriiusnes - n. literary boastfulness; extreme vanity. vainglorious adj. vaingloriously adv. vaingloriousness n. [ME, after OF vaine gloire, L vana gloria] |
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English Idioms :: vain
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vaingloriiusnes - See: IN VAIN, TAKE ONE'S NAME IN VAIN. |
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