vain

AdjektivVerbhäufig in Dialogen

Vereinigte Staaten//veɪn//
Schottland//ven//
//vein//

Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.

Adjektiv

1
Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.
Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed.
2
Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
I will not hear thy vain excuse
Let no man deceive you with vain words.
Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy.
3
Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile.
vain toil a vain attempt
Vain is the force of man / To crush the pillars which the pile sustain.
At our old pastimes in the hall ⁠We gambol’d, making vain pretence ⁠Of gladness, with an awful sense Of one mute Shadow watching all.
But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.
4
Showy; ostentatious.
Yet ſhall (my Lord) your juſt, your noble Rules / Fill half the land with imitating Fools: / VVho random dravvings from your ſheets ſhall take, / And of one beauty many blunders make; / Load ſome vain Church with old Theatric State, / Turn Arcs of Triumph to a Garden-gate, […]

Herkunft

From Middle English veyn, from Old French vain, from Latin vānus (“empty”).

Verb

1
veraltendTo frustrate.

Herkunft

A conversion of the adjectival form of vain. The only use of this verb in English appears c. 1628 in the writings of Owen Felltham.

Formen

Komparativ: vainer, more vain
Superlativ: vainest, most vain
Präteritum: vained
Partizip II: vained
Partizip I: vaining
3. Person Singular: vains

vaginal · Of, relating to, or affecting the vagina.vague · Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.vaguely · In a vague manner.

vain · Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.

val · Valium.Val · A male given name, a short form of Valentine and Valerius.vale · A valley.

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