VANITY
\vˈanɪti], \vˈanɪti], \v_ˈa_n_ɪ_t_i]\
Definitions of VANITY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the trait of being vain and conceited
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low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
By Princeton University
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the trait of being vain and conceited
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low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.
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An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit.
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That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment.
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One of the established characters in the old moralities and puppet shows. See Morality, n., 5.
By Oddity Software
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The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.
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An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit.
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That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment.
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One of the established characters in the old moralities and puppet shows. See Morality, n., 5.
By Noah Webster.
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Love of admiration; shallow pride in appearance or accomplishments; conceit; idle show; emptiness of real worth; as, "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.".
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The quality of being vain: worthlessness: empty pride: conceit: idle show: uncertainty: vain pursuit: empty pleasure: fruitless desire.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Empty pride inspired by an overweening opinion of one's own importance; anything empty, visionary, or unsubstantial; vain pursuit; idle show.
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See vain.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Latin] Emptiness; inanity ; uncertainty;-fruitless desire or endeavour; useless labour;—empty pleasure; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment; — unreality; shadow ;—especially, an inflation of mind upon slight grounds ; empty pride ; — conceit of one’s personal appearance, dress, talents, accomplishments, Ac;— usually implying a silly and forward display of them, and an eager desire to court the notice and approbation of others;—love of indiscriminate admiration ;— ostentation; vainglory that which is vain ; any thing empty, visionary, or unsubstantial;-one of the characters in the old moralities and puppet-shows.
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