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Webster's English Dictionary

vanity

n. [OE. vanite, F. vanit, L. vanitas, fr. vanus empty, vain. See Vain.] ()

1. The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity. ()

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. (Eccl. i. 2.)

Here I may well show the vanity of that which is reported in the story of Walsingham. (Sir J. Davies.)

2. An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit. ()

The exquisitely sensitive vanity of Garrick was galled. (Macaulay.)

3. That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment. ()

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher. (Eccl. i. 2.)

Vanity possesseth many who are desirous to know the certainty of things to come. (Sir P. Sidney.)

[Sin] with vanity had filled the works of men. (Milton.)

Think not, when woman's transient breath is fled, That all her vanities at once are dead; Succeeding vanities she still regards. (Pope.)

4. One of the established characters in the old moralities and puppet shows. See Morality, n., 5. ()

You . . . take vanity the puppet's part. (Shak.)

5. same as dressing table. ()

6. A cabinet built around a bathroom sink, usually with a countertop and sometimes drawers. ()

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