KJV Dictionary Definition: vainglorious

vainglorious

VAINGLO'RIOUS, a. vain and glorious.

1. Vain to excess of one's own achievements; elated beyond due measure; boastful.

Vainglorious man.

2. Boastful; proceeding from vanity.

Arrogant and vainglorious expression.

vaingloriously

VAINGLO'RIOUSLY, adv. With empty pride.

vainglory

VAINGLO'RY, n. vain and glory. Exclusive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind.

He hath nothing of vainglory.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory. Phil. 2.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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