vaingloryn.

Brit.

/(ˌ)veɪnˈɡlɔːri/, U.S.

/ˈveɪnˌɡlɔri/

Forms: Also vain-glory, vain glory. Forms: see vain adj. and n. and glory n. Also Scottishpre-1700 vanglore.

Etymology: < medieval Latin vāna glōria. Compare Old French and modern French vaine gloire, Italian vanagloria, Spanish vanagloria, Portuguese vangloria.

a. Glory that is vain, empty, or worthless; inordinate or unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities; disposition or tendency to exalt oneself unduly; idle boasting or vaunting.

ΘΚΠ

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

α.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 26933 Noght als intent o waynglori, Or als þis ypocrites dos.

c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1145 Honours nuryshes, als men may se, Vayn glory, vauntyng, and vanite.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 35 Bostynge and Braggynge wyth meny bold oþes, Auauntyng vp-on my veine glorie for eny vndernymynge.

c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. xlv. 116 Verily, veyn glory is an euel pestilence & grettist vanyte.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope vi He that taketh within hym self vayne glorye of that thynge by the whiche he shold humble hym self is a very fole.

1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale sig. C.vi For he that doth a thing secretly,..how seketh he vaynglory?

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxxiv. 156 b Through the..increase of their power, they fell into such a vainglory and arrogancy.

1627 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1624–9 (1909) 174 Their trade..is not augmented but deminnished by vayneglorie and unnecessarie disburcements.

1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso (1674) i. xxxv. 44 Tamberlan the Scythian..had the vain-glory to be called the Emperor of the East.

1710 J. Norris Treat. Christian Prudence vii. 309 Vainglory, whereby Men affect a great many dry and insipid Studies..only to please others, and procure from them a blind Admiration.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. vii. v. 66 Thus have I..acknowledged my vain-glory.

1841 A. Helps Exerc. Benevolence in Ess. (1875) 34 That portion of his thinking time which he spends upon vain-glory, upon imagining, for instance, what other people are thinking about him.

1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion iii. ii. 106 The wisdom of the world? Nay: 'tis vain-glory.

β. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 35 Bot he such veine gloire hadde Of that he was set upon hyh.c1425 Wyntoun Cron. iv. 2610 Til vsurpe til hym þat nayme It war bot wayne glore or defame.a1500 Ratis Raving 3644 To schaw hire proud, at men may see, Is pryd, wanglore, and vanite.a1513 W. Dunbar Tabill of Confessioun in Poems (1998) I. 271 I haue synnit..In fals vanglore and deidis necligent.

b. In the phrase for vainglory.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > [adverb]

for vaingloryc1380

vaingloriously1542

gloriously1566

self-gratulatingly1835

self-exaltingly1874

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 3 Men doon þis nouelrie for vein glorie.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 367 Som men telleþ þat Aristotil made his bookes so schortliche and so hard for envie and for vaynglorie.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xxiiii He..meruailed that the duke..wolde nowe for vainglory vnder colour of doyng dedes of Armes..violate the peace.

c. As a personal name, or in personified use.

ΚΠ

c1400 St. Alexius (Laud) 1004 Hou his fader sergeauntz alle, veyn glorie gonne hym calle, And gorre on hym gonne þrowe.

14.. Why I can't be Nun 228 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 144 Dame sclowthe and dame veyne glory.

1596 T. Lodge Wits Miserie B ij His first sonne is Vainglory.

1717 L. Howel Desiderius (ed. 3) 18 She gave him her Name, Vain-glory.

2. A vainglorious thing, action, etc. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > [noun] > instance of

vainglory?c1450

?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 378 None schal take any synguler abstynence up-on her withe-oute licence of the abbes, in awnter God take it for a veyne glory.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. ii. 246 What needs these Feasts, pompes, and Vaine-glories ?

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης viii. 68 The Vulgar; who notwithstanding what they might know, will beleeve such vain-glories as these.

Derivatives

vainˈglory v. †(a) reflexive. To exalt or make much of (oneself) unduly. Obsolete. (b) intransitive. To indulge in vainglory.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > be vainglorious or behave vaingloriously [verb (reflexive)]

beyelpc1330

avaunt1340

glorify1340

yelp1340

boasta1400

brawl?a1400

roosea1400

vaunta1400

advance1483

brag1548

vainglorya1637

braggadociea1688

wind1827

a1637 N. Ferrar tr. J. de Valdés 110 Considerations (1638) 104 I understand, that a man being Just by his Justice, doth as much prize himselfe,..or vain-glory himselfe, as much as the theife, who is taken from the Gallowes in the Holy Week,..vaine-glories himselfe for his deliverance.

vainˈglorying n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > [noun] > action

vainglorying1882

1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights I. 69 The scheme..had involved a little vain-glorying before his acquaintances.

1887 Westm. Rev. July 485 It would be idle and frivolous to mention these points for the sake of vain-glorying during the Jubilee year.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vainglory
释义	vaingloryn. Brit. /(ˌ)veɪnˈɡlɔːri/, U.S. /ˈveɪnˌɡlɔri/ Forms: Also vain-glory, vain glory. Forms: see vain adj. and n. and glory n. Also Scottishpre-1700 vanglore. Etymology: < medieval Latin vāna glōria. Compare Old French and modern French vaine gloire, Italian vanagloria, Spanish vanagloria, Portuguese vangloria. 1. a. Glory that is vain, empty, or worthless; inordinate or unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities; disposition or tendency to exalt oneself unduly; idle boasting or vaunting. ΘΚΠ 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 α. a1300 Cursor Mundi 26933 Noght als intent o waynglori, Or als þis ypocrites dos. c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1145 Honours nuryshes, als men may se, Vayn glory, vauntyng, and vanite. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 35 Bostynge and Braggynge wyth meny bold oþes, Auauntyng vp-on my veine glorie for eny vndernymynge. c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. xlv. 116 Verily, veyn glory is an euel pestilence & grettist vanyte. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope vi He that taketh within hym self vayne glorye of that thynge by the whiche he shold humble hym self is a very fole. 1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale sig. C.vi For he that doth a thing secretly,..how seketh he vaynglory? 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxxiv. 156 b Through the..increase of their power, they fell into such a vainglory and arrogancy. 1627 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1624–9 (1909) 174 Their trade..is not augmented but deminnished by vayneglorie and unnecessarie disburcements. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso (1674) i. xxxv. 44 Tamberlan the Scythian..had the vain-glory to be called the Emperor of the East. 1710 J. Norris Treat. Christian Prudence vii. 309 Vainglory, whereby Men affect a great many dry and insipid Studies..only to please others, and procure from them a blind Admiration. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. vii. v. 66 Thus have I..acknowledged my vain-glory. 1841 A. Helps Exerc. Benevolence in Ess. (1875) 34 That portion of his thinking time which he spends upon vain-glory, upon imagining, for instance, what other people are thinking about him. 1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion iii. ii. 106 The wisdom of the world? Nay: 'tis vain-glory. β. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 35 Bot he such veine gloire hadde Of that he was set upon hyh.c1425 Wyntoun Cron. iv. 2610 Til vsurpe til hym þat nayme It war bot wayne glore or defame.a1500 Ratis Raving 3644 To schaw hire proud, at men may see, Is pryd, wanglore, and vanite.a1513 W. Dunbar Tabill of Confessioun in Poems (1998) I. 271 I haue synnit..In fals vanglore and deidis necligent. b. In the phrase for vainglory. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > [adverb] for vaingloryc1380 vaingloriously1542 gloriously1566 self-gratulatingly1835 self-exaltingly1874 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 3 Men doon þis nouelrie for vein glorie. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 367 Som men telleþ þat Aristotil made his bookes so schortliche and so hard for envie and for vaynglorie. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xxiiii He..meruailed that the duke..wolde nowe for vainglory vnder colour of doyng dedes of Armes..violate the peace. c. As a personal name, or in personified use. ΚΠ c1400 St. Alexius (Laud) 1004 Hou his fader sergeauntz alle, veyn glorie gonne hym calle, And gorre on hym gonne þrowe. 14.. Why I can't be Nun 228 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 144 Dame sclowthe and dame veyne glory. 1596 T. Lodge Wits Miserie B ij His first sonne is Vainglory. 1717 L. Howel Desiderius (ed. 3) 18 She gave him her Name, Vain-glory. 2. A vainglorious thing, action, etc. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > [noun] > instance of vainglory?c1450 ?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 378 None schal take any synguler abstynence up-on her withe-oute licence of the abbes, in awnter God take it for a veyne glory. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. ii. 246 What needs these Feasts, pompes, and Vaine-glories ? View more context for this quotation 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης viii. 68 The Vulgar; who notwithstanding what they might know, will beleeve such vain-glories as these. Derivatives vainˈglory v. †(a) reflexive. To exalt or make much of (oneself) unduly. Obsolete. (b) intransitive. To indulge in vainglory. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > be vainglorious or behave vaingloriously [verb (reflexive)] beyelpc1330 avaunt1340 glorify1340 yelp1340 boasta1400 brawl?a1400 roosea1400 vaunta1400 advance1483 brag1548 vainglorya1637 braggadociea1688 wind1827 a1637 N. Ferrar tr. J. de Valdés 110 Considerations (1638) 104 I understand, that a man being Just by his Justice, doth as much prize himselfe,..or vain-glory himselfe, as much as the theife, who is taken from the Gallowes in the Holy Week,..vaine-glories himselfe for his deliverance. vainˈglorying n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > vainglory > [noun] > action vainglorying1882 1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights I. 69 The scheme..had involved a little vain-glorying before his acquaintances. 1887 Westm. Rev. July 485 It would be idle and frivolous to mention these points for the sake of vain-glorying during the Jubilee year. 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