vainglorious

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌveɪnˈɡlɔː.ɹi.əs/    美 /ˌveɪnˈɡlɔː.ɹi.əs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. 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, […]

词形变化

more vainglorious comparative most vainglorious superlative

词源

From Middle English veinglorious, from Old French vain glorios, from Latin vānus (“empty”) + glōriōsus.
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