vanitas

[ van-i-tahs ]

/ ˈvæn ɪˌtɑs /

noun

a type of still-life painting that flourished in the Netherlands from about 1620 to 1650, conveying a religious message and characterized by objects symbolic of mortality and the meaninglessness of worldly pleasures.

Origin of vanitas

1905–10; Latin: literally, vanity

Words nearby vanitas

Vanir, vanish, vanishing cream, vanishing lung syndrome, vanishing point, vanitas, vanitory, vanity, vanity bag, vanity case, Vanity Fair

Example sentences from the Web for vanitas

Was he muttering to himself the usual consolation of the ‘have-beens’—vanitas vanitatum?
Tracks of a Rolling Stone|Henry J. Coke
His cry of vanitas vanitatum is itself only a harmless vanity.
George Bernard Shaw|Gilbert K. Chesterton
There is Vanitas over the way;—he once wore just such pigmy affairs.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865|Various
Similis reviviscendi promissa Democrito vanitas, qui non revixit ipse.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne|Thomas Browne

Omnia vanitas et pastio venti, , ut olim Aquila et Symmachus.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne|Thomas Browne

单词	vanitas
释义	vanitas [ van-i-tahs ] / ˈvæn ɪˌtɑs / noun a type of still-life painting that flourished in the Netherlands from about 1620 to 1650, conveying a religious message and characterized by objects symbolic of mortality and the meaninglessness of worldly pleasures. Origin of vanitas 1905–10; Latin: literally, vanity Words nearby vanitas Vanir, vanish, vanishing cream, vanishing lung syndrome, vanishing point, vanitas, vanitory, vanity, vanity bag, vanity case, Vanity Fair Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for vanitas Was he muttering to himself the usual consolation of the ‘have-beens’—vanitas vanitatum? Tracks of a Rolling Stone\|Henry J. Coke His cry of vanitas vanitatum is itself only a harmless vanity. George Bernard Shaw\|Gilbert K. Chesterton There is Vanitas over the way;—he once wore just such pigmy affairs. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865\|Various Similis reviviscendi promissa Democrito vanitas, qui non revixit ipse. The Works of Sir Thomas Browne\|Thomas Browne Omnia vanitas et pastio venti, , ut olim Aquila et Symmachus. The Works of Sir Thomas Browne\|Thomas Browne
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