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Vainglorious

//ˌveɪnˈɡlɔː.ɹi.əs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Possessing excessive vanity or unwarranted pride.

    "And the Apoſtle [Paul] ſeems here moſt peculiarly to have directed this Encomium of the Gospel, as a Defiance to the Philoſophers of his Time, the Fluſtring Vain-glorious Greeks, vvho pretended ſo much to magnify, and even Adore the VViſdom they profeſſed, […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    feeling self-importance wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English veinglorious, from Old French vain glorios, from Latin vānus (“empty”) + glōriōsus.

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