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vanitous, a. rare.|ˈvænɪtəs|
[f. vanity + -ous or ad. F. vaniteux.]
= vain a. 4.
1900G. Meredith Let. 12 July (1970) III. 1351 An accurate perception of foibles in those whom we love..is only a vindication of our intellect—the seeing in what way our hero or friend or beloved is a little vanitous and pretentious. 1905Ibid. 30 July 1536 French criticism..instructs without wounding any but the vanitous person. 1930Musical Times 1 Mar. 210/2 It is only the very young, or the very vanitous, who think of making a world of themselves.
Hence ˈvanitously adv.
1939V. Woolf Diary 3 Mar. (1984) V. 207, I was pleased, vanitously, to find that Inez thinks me a poet-novelist. |