Vanitas Definition

vanitäs
noun
Vanity; futility.
Webster's New World
A work of art containing symbols of mortality or the impermanence of material things; esp., a 17th-cent. Dutch painting of this kind.
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adjective
Of or relating to such paintings as a genre.
The vanitas tradition.
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Other Word Forms of Vanitas

Noun

Singular:
vanitas
Plural:
vanitases

Origin of Vanitas

  • From Latin vanitas

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

VVAVAN

Words Ending With

SASTAS

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Words Starting With V and Ending With S

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With V7 Letter Words Ending With S