vainglorious
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vainglorious
- /ˌveɪnˈɡlɔː.ɹi.əs/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ɔːɹiəs
Where it comes from
From Middle English veinglorious, from Old French vain glorios, from Latin vānus (“empty”) + glōriōsus.
adjective more vainglorious · most vainglorious
- Possessing excessive vanity or unwarranted pride. And the Apoſtle [Paul] ſeems here moſt peculiarly to have directed this Encomium of the Gospel, as a Defiance to the Philoſophers of his Time, the Fluſtring Vain-glorious Greeks, vvho pretended ſo much to magnify, and even Adore the VViſdom they profeſſed, […]
