单词 | vanitous |
释义 | vanitousadj. rare. = vain adj. 4a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > vanity > [adjective] self-liking1580 self-loved1590 self-admiring1592 self-loving1593 self-liked1599 glass-gazing1608 coxcombly1610 self-admired1621 coxcombical1649 self-idolizing1649 vain1692 flashy1693 vaunty1724 coxcombic1730 self-idolized1766 narcissine1805 foofaraw1848 vanitous1900 narcissistic1915 narcistic1918 dicty1920 narcissist1934 1900 G. 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. 1905 G. Meredith Let. 30 July 1536 French criticism..instructs without wounding any but the vanitous person. 1930 Musical Times Mar. 210/2 It is only the very young, or the very vanitous, who think of making a world of themselves. Derivatives ˈvanitously adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > vanity > [adverb] vainly1602 coxcombically1654 narcissistically1925 vanitously1939 1939 V. Woolf Diary 3 Mar. (1984) V. 207 I was pleased, vanitously, to find that Inez thinks me a poet-novelist. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1900 |
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