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English Idioms :: vain
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vainitis - See: IN VAIN, TAKE ONE'S NAME IN VAIN. |
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Traditional English :: vain
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vainitis - 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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vainitis - 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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vainitis - See: IN VAIN, TAKE ONE'S NAME IN VAIN. |
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Traditional English :: vail
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vainitis - v. archaic 1 tr. lower or doff (one's plumes, pride, crown, etc.) esp. in token of submission. 2 intr. yield; give place; remove one's hat as a sign of respect etc. [ME f. obs. avale f. OF avaler to lower f. a val down, f. val VALE(1)] |
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Traditional English :: vain
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vainitis - 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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