vaingloryn.
/(ˌ)veɪnˈɡlɔːri/, U.S. /ˈveɪnˌɡlɔri/ 1.
a. Glory that is vain, empty, or worthless; inordinate or unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities; disposition or tendency to exalt oneself unduly; idle boasting or vaunting.
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the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > [noun]
vainglorya1300
gloryc1340
vaingloriousness1542
self-glory1549
self-flattery1574
self-praise1586
self-exaltation1615
self-applause1625
self-exalting1634
self-glorying1646
self-attribution1649
self-gloriation1654
self-congratulation1655
self-gratulation1697
self-glorification?1800
vaingloriness1820
α.
β. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 35 Bot he such veine gloire hadde Of that he was set upon hyh.c1425 Wyntoun Cron. iv. 2610 Til vsurpe til hym þat nayme It war bot wayne glore or defame.a1500 Ratis Raving 3644 To schaw hire proud, at men may see, Is pryd, wanglore, and vanite.a1513 W. Dunbar Tabill of Confessioun in Poems (1998) I. 271 I haue synnit..In fals vanglore and deidis necligent.a1300 Cursor Mundi 26933 Noght als intent o waynglori, Or als þis ypocrites dos.
c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1145 Honours nuryshes, als men may se, Vayn glory, vauntyng, and vanite.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 35 Bostynge and Braggynge wyth meny bold oþes, Auauntyng vp-on my veine glorie for eny vndernymynge.
c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. xlv. 116 Verily, veyn glory is an euel pestilence & grettist vanyte.
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope vi He that taketh within hym self vayne glorye of that thynge by the whiche he shold humble hym self is a very fole.
1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale sig. C.vi For he that doth a thing secretly,..how seketh he vaynglory?
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxxiv. 156 b Through the..increase of their power, they fell into such a vainglory and arrogancy.
1627 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1624–9 (1909) 174 Their trade..is not augmented but deminnished by vayneglorie and unnecessarie disburcements.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso (1674) i. xxxv. 44 Tamberlan the Scythian..had the vain-glory to be called the Emperor of the East.
1710 J. Norris Treat. Christian Prudence vii. 309 Vainglory, whereby Men affect a great many dry and insipid Studies..only to please others, and procure from them a blind Admiration.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. vii. v. 66 Thus have I..acknowledged my vain-glory.
1841 A. Helps Exerc. Benevolence in Ess. (1875) 34 That portion of his thinking time which he spends upon vain-glory, upon imagining, for instance, what other people are thinking about him.
1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion iii. ii. 106 The wisdom of the world? Nay: 'tis vain-glory.
b. In the phrase for vainglory.
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the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > [adverb]
for vaingloryc1380
vaingloriously1542
gloriously1566
self-gratulatingly1835
self-exaltingly1874
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 3 Men doon þis nouelrie for vein glorie.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 367 Som men telleþ þat Aristotil made his bookes so schortliche and so hard for envie and for vaynglorie.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xxiiii He..meruailed that the duke..wolde nowe for vainglory vnder colour of doyng dedes of Armes..violate the peace.
c. As a personal name, or in personified use.
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c1400 St. Alexius (Laud) 1004 Hou his fader sergeauntz alle, veyn glorie gonne hym calle, And gorre on hym gonne þrowe.
14.. Why I can't be Nun 228 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 144 Dame sclowthe and dame veyne glory.
1596 T. Lodge Wits Miserie B ij His first sonne is Vainglory.
1717 L. Howel Desiderius (ed. 3) 18 She gave him her Name, Vain-glory.
2. A vainglorious thing, action, etc. rare.
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the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > [noun] > instance of
vainglory?c1450
?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 378 None schal take any synguler abstynence up-on her withe-oute licence of the abbes, in awnter God take it for a veyne glory.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. ii. 246 What needs these Feasts, pompes, and Vaine-glories ? View more context for this quotation
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης viii. 68 The Vulgar; who notwithstanding what they might know, will beleeve such vain-glories as these.
Derivatives
vainˈglory v. †(a) reflexive. To exalt or make much of (oneself) unduly. Obsolete. (b) intransitive. To indulge in vainglory.
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the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > be vainglorious or behave vaingloriously [verb (reflexive)]
beyelpc1330
avaunt1340
glorify1340
yelp1340
boasta1400
brawl?a1400
roosea1400
vaunta1400
advance1483
brag1548
vainglorya1637
braggadociea1688
wind1827
a1637 N. Ferrar tr. J. de Valdés 110 Considerations (1638) 104 I understand, that a man being Just by his Justice, doth as much prize himselfe,..or vain-glory himselfe, as much as the theife, who is taken from the Gallowes in the Holy Week,..vaine-glories himselfe for his deliverance.
vainˈglorying n.
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the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > [noun] > action
vainglorying1882
1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights I. 69 The scheme..had involved a little vain-glorying before his acquaintances.
1887 Westm. Rev. July 485 It would be idle and frivolous to mention these points for the sake of vain-glorying during the Jubilee year.
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