vain-glorious

adjective

filled with or given to vainglory: a vainglorious actor.

characterized by, showing, or proceeding from vainglory: a vainglorious estimate of one's ability.

Origin:
1470–80; vainglory + -ous

Related forms

vain·glo·ri·ous·ly, adverb

vain·glo·ri·ous·ness, noun

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vainglorious (ˌveɪnˈɡlɔːrɪəs)

—*adj*
	boastful or vain; ostentatious

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"I was always embarrassed by the words sacred, glorious and sacrifice and the expression in vain. We had heard them, sometimes standing in the rain almost out of earshot, so that only the shouted words came through, and had read them, on proclamations that were slapped up by billposters over other proclamations, now for a long time, and I had seen nothing sacred, and the things that were glorious had no glory and the sacrifices were like the stockyards at Chicago if nothing was done with the meat except to bury it."

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