Meaning

1 senses

  1. To boast; to act in a vain manner.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. His vainglory put the Republic at risk.

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Origin

From Middle English waynglori (“worthless glory”), from Old French vaine glorie, from Medi

From Middle English waynglori (“worthless glory”), from Old French vaine glorie, from Medieval Latin vāna glōria, from Latin vāna (“empty, groundless, boastful”) + glōria (“fame, ambition, boasting”), apparently modelled after similar terms in Germanic languages. Compare Old English īdel wuldor (“vain glory”) and īdelġielp (“vainglory”).

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Forms

vainglories, vainglorying, vaingloried, vaingloried
Base formvainglory · to vainglory
3rd person singularvainglories
Present participlevainglorying
Past simplevaingloried
Past participlevaingloried

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyvainglory
he, she, itvainglories

Past simpleLesson

all personsvaingloried

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave vaingloried
he, she, ithas vaingloried

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill vainglory

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
vaguelyvaguenessvainB1vainlyvalvale
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