vainglorious

English

WOTD – 11 December 2008

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French vain glorios, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vānus (“empty”) + glōriōsus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌveɪnˈɡlɔː.ɹi.əs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəs

Adjective

vainglorious (comparative more vainglorious, superlative most vainglorious)

1. With excessive vanity or unwarranted pride.

Related terms

• vainglory

Translations

with excessive vanity or unwarranted pride

• Armenian: փառամոլ (hy) (pʻaṙamol)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 非常自負／非常自负 (fēicháng zìfù), 非常自负 (fēicháng zìfù)

• Czech: zpupný m, chvástavý m
• Dutch: verwaand (nl)
• Finnish: turhamainen (fi), turhantärkeä
• French: orgueilleux (fr), vaniteux (fr), fanfaron (fr)

  Middle French: vainglorieux

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• Georgian: პატივმოყვარე (ṗaṭivmoq̇vare), დიდების მოყვარე (didebis moq̇vare)
• German: hochmütig (de), dünkelhaft (de), aufgeblasen (de), prahlerisch
• Greek: ματαιόδοξος (el) (mataiódoxos)

  Ancient: κενόδοξος (kenódoxos), πέρπερος (pérperos)

• Italian: vanaglorioso (it)
• Portuguese: vanglorioso m
• Russian: тщесла́вный (ru) (tščeslávnyj)
• Spanish: vanidoso (es) m, soberbio (es) m, fachendoso m, perdonavidas (es) m, fanfarrón (es) m