About The Word Vanity
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Vanity
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What's The Definition Of Vanity?
[n] low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
[n] the trait of being vain and conceited [n] the quality of being valueless or futile; "he rejected the vanities of the world" [n] feelings of excessive pride Synonyms | Synonyms for Vanity: amour propre | conceit | conceit | dresser | dressing table | emptiness | self-love | toilet table Related Terms | Find terms related to Vanity: See Also | boastfulness | egotism | posturing | pride | pride | pridefulness | self-importance | swelled head | table | vainglory | worthlessness Vanity In Webster's Dictionary \Van"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Vanities}. [OE. vanite, vanit['e],
L. vanitas, fr. vanus empty, vain. See {Vain}.]
1. The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to
satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness;
falsity.
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of
vanities; all is vanity. --Eccl. i. 2.
Here I may well show the vanity of that which is
reported in the story of Walsingham. --Sir J.
Davies.
2. 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.
The exquisitely sensitive vanity of Garrick was
galled. --Macaulay.
3. 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.
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher. --Eccl. i.
2.
Vanity possesseth many who are desirous to know the
certainty of things to come. --Sir P.
Sidney.
[Sin] with vanity had filled the works of men.
--Milton.
Think not, when woman's transient breath is fled,
That all her vanities at once are dead; Succeeding
vanities she still regards. --Pope.
4. One of the established characters in the old moralities
and puppet shows. See {Morality}, n., 5.
You . . . take vanity the puppet's part. --Shak.
Syn: Egotism; pride; emptiness; worthlessness;
self-sufficiency. See {Egotism}, and {Pride}.
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