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VAINGLORIOUS

\ve͡ɪŋɡlˈɔːɹɪəs], \ve‍ɪŋɡlˈɔːɹɪəs], \v_eɪ_ŋ_ɡ_l_ˈɔː_ɹ_ɪ__ə_s]\

Definitions of VAINGLORIOUS

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language

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Feeling or indicating vainglory; elated by vanity; boastful.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Feeling or indicating vainglory; elated by vanity; boastful.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Boastful; full of excessive pride.
Vaingloriousness.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Given to vainglory: proceeding from vanity.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Vain to excess of one's achievements; elated beyond due measure; proceeding from vanity.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

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