vaingloriousnessn.
/(ˌ)veɪnˈɡlɔːrɪəsnəs/, U.S. /ˌveɪnˈɡlɔriəsnəs/ The quality or character of being vainglorious.
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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
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 328 Their facion of makyng oracions was..replenyshed with vauntyng..& vaingloriousnesse.
1574 A. Gilby tr. Test. Twelue Patriarches sig. Bviv The spirit of Lying, or vayne gloriousnesse in boasting a mans selfe, and in desire to file his talke concernyng his owne kinred and acquaintaunce.
1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 46 b By yt meanes you see that one offendeth by arrogancie, another by obstinacie,..another by vaingloriousnesse.
1832 L. Hunt Sir Ralph Esher I. xi. 247 An amor patriæ above all our vaingloriousness.
1844 W. M. Thackeray Barry Lyndon i. vi, in Fraser's Mag. Mar. 327/1 Led away by the vain-gloriousness of youth..I invented a thousand stories.
1886 M. F. Tupper My Life as Author 355 He had repented of the vaingloriousness of those herald angels and their dome.
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