vainglorious

vainglorious
/vayn glawr"ee euhs, -glohr"-/, adj.
1. filled with or given to vainglory: a vainglorious actor.
2. characterized by, showing, or proceeding from vainglory: a vainglorious estimate of one's ability.
[1470-80; VAINGLORY + -OUS]

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  • vainglorious — late 15c., from VAINGLORY (Cf. vainglory) + OUS (Cf. ous). Related: Vaingloriously; vaingloriousness …   Etymology dictionary

  • vainglorious — proud, vain (see under PRIDE n) Analogous words: arrogant, haughty, supercilious, disdainful, insolent, *proud: boasting or boastful, bragging, vaunting, gas conading (see corresponding verbs at BOAST) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • vainglorious — [adj] boastful, proud arrogant, blowing one’s own horn*, boasting, bragging, cavalier, cocky*, conceited, egotistic, egotistical, haughty, high and mighty*, high handed*, huffy*, overbearing, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, puffed up*, self… …   New thesaurus

  • vainglorious — [vān glôr′ē əs] adj. [LME vanegloreous < ML vaniglorius: see VAINGLORY] 1. boastfully vain and proud of oneself 2. showing or characterized by boastful vanity vaingloriously adv. vaingloriousness n …   English World dictionary

  • vainglorious — [[t]veɪnglɔ͟ːriəs[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe someone as vainglorious, you are critical of them because they are very proud of what they have done and boast a lot about it. [LITERARY] …   English dictionary

  • vainglorious — vainglory ► NOUN literary ▪ excessive vanity. DERIVATIVES vainglorious adjective vaingloriously adverb …   English terms dictionary

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  • vainglorious — adjective Date: 15th century marked by vainglory ; boastful • vaingloriously adverb • vaingloriousness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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