vainglorious
adjective
filled with or given to vainglory.
vaingloriousness
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a word derived from
vainglorious.
Example Sentences
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Dim moon-eyed fishes near Gaze at the gilded gear, And query, "What does this vaingloriousness down here?"
From Time Magazine Archive
Now I allow you to laugh at my vaingloriousness, and then you may pin it to Mrs. Best's satisfaction in the dedication to Dowager Majesty.
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon
He had as little of the insolence and perverseness of Orford as of the petulance and vaingloriousness of Montague.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
There was no thought of vaingloriousness or of posing as the victor.
From Abraham Lincoln by George Haven Putnam
His vaingloriousness was shown by his habit of having his coat of arms placed on bells, ikonostasi,* and windows of the churches he built.
From Russian Rambles by Isabel Florence Hapgood
