vainglorious Definition
vain·glo·ri·ous (vān glôr′ē əs)
adjective
- boastfully vain and proud of oneself
- showing or characterized by boastful vanity
Etymology: LME vanegloreous < ML vaniglorius: see vainglory
vainglorious Related Forms
vain′·glo′·ri·ously adverb
vain′·glo′·ri·ous·ness noun
vainglorious Synonyms
vainglorious Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- egomaniac: Also a chance to spot this week's vainglorious egomaniac who can talk a great script but fortunately for us can't write one.
- thought: And at the very moment of that vainglorious thought, a qualm came over me, a horrid nausea and the most deadly shuddering.
- man: Tony Blair, perfectly illustrates this, a prancing, posing, vainglorious man.
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