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vainglorious

[ veyn-glawr-ee-uh s, -glohr- ]

/ veɪnˈglɔr i əs, -ˈgloʊr- /

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adjective

filled with or given to vainglory: a vainglorious actor.

characterized by, showing, or proceeding from vainglory: a vainglorious estimate of one's ability.

Origin of vainglorious

First recorded in 1470–80; vainglory + -ous

OTHER WORDS FROM vainglorious

vain·glo·ri·ous·ly, adverb vain·glo·ri·ous·ness, noun

Words nearby vainglorious

vagus pulse, vahana, vahine, vail, vain, vainglorious, vainglory, vair, vaisheshika, vaishnava, vaisya

Example sentences from the Web for vainglorious

Yossarian's vainglorious commanders raise the number of required missions and raise them again and again.

David's Bookclub: Catch-22 |David Frum |December 29, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
It is vulgar and it is vainglorious and therefore entirely typical of Palin's political style.

Palin’s Delusions of Grandeur |Alex Massie |June 8, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Will Jamie Oliver succeed where the vivacious, vainglorious Gayelord failed?

Dead Cool: Gayelord Hauser |Simon Doonan |May 29, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Unlike most other dictators he was not vainglorious nor was he personally ambitious for power or wealth.

Journeys and Experiences in Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile |Henry Stephens

Vainglorious men are the scorn of wise men, the admiration of fools, the idols of flatterers, and the slaves of their own pride.

A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4) |Richard Baxter
The mob ran swiftly, with vainglorious shouts from its leaders.

The Girl in the Golden Atom |Raymond King Cummings
But neither is there any of the vainglorious boasting supposed to be characteristic of the Pharisees.

Pharisaism, Its Aim And Its Method |R. Travers Herford
Writers might give the people the example, by resolutely abandoning their vainglorious hopes.

Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas |Remy de Gourmont

British Dictionary definitions for vainglorious

vainglorious

/ (ˌveɪnˈɡlɔːrɪəs) /

adjective

boastful or vain; ostentatious