vainful

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

vain +‎ -ful

Adjective[edit]

vainful (comparative more vainful, superlative most vainful)

  1. (archaic) Vain.
    • 1866, Garlands from life's wayside, by a wanderer, page 93:
      But oh! the gay world is a vainful scene,
      And sorrow soon scorches its flowery green, []