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vainglory

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vainglory/veɪnˈɡlɔːri/

▶noun literary excessive vanity.

– derivatives
vainglorious adjective,
vaingloriously adverb,
vaingloriousness noun.

– origin ME: suggested by OFr. vaine gloire, L. vana gloria.

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