VAINGLORY


Meaning of VAINGLORY in English

■ noun literary excessive vanity.

Derivatives

vainglorious adjective

vaingloriously adverb

vaingloriousness noun

Origin

ME: suggested by OFr. vaine gloire , L. vana gloria .

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