Word of the Day

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1

Vainglorious

[veyn-GLAWR-ee-əs]Part of speech: adjective

Origin: latin, 15th century

• Feeling excessive pride or self-importance
• Given to over-the-top demonstrations of boastful pride and vanity

Examples of Vainglorious in a sentence

• His coworkers didn’t think he deserved the promotion and were irritated by his vainglorious attitude. 
• His vainglorious assertions of success were revealed to be nothing but false claims. 

About Vainglorious

Vainglorious is the adjective form of the noun vainglory. Vainglory is an empty show of vanity or boastfulness, probably undeserved. Vainglorious is the description of someone prone to this over-the-top pride.

A vainglorious attitude means the culprit probably doesn’t deserve the praise. They’re probably so vain they won’t even realize you’ve insulted them.

Comments

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Napoleon Solo had to shake his head in amusement. The THRUSH scientist droned on and on about how his invention would control the world and how he would be supreme leader. It seemed as if a vainglorious attitude was a requirement for for anyone hoping to get ahead in that organization.