vainglory

Meanings

Noun

• Excessive vanity.
• Boastful, unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities.
• Vain, ostentatious display.
• A regarding of oneself with undue favor.

Verb

• To boast; to act in a vain manner.

Origin

• From Middle English waynglori ("worthless glory"), from Old French vaine glorie, from Medieval Latin vāna glōria, from Latin vāna ("empty, groundless, boastful") + glōria, apparently modelled after similar terms in Germanic languages. Compare Old English īdel wuldor ("vain glory") and īdelġielp.