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单词 vanitous
释义

vanitousadj.

/ˈvanɪtəs/
Etymology: < vanity n. + -ous suffix or < French vaniteux.
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).
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adj.1900
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