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Vainglorious Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Vainglorious has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

feeling self-importance

"too big for his britches"

"had a swelled head"

"he was swelled with pride"

2

With excessive vanity or unwarranted pride.

Example Sentences
"too big for his britches" adjective
"had a swelled head" adjective
"he was swelled with pride" adjective
See Also
pride vanity vainglorying vaingloriously vain swagger vainglory thrasonical
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
ous lous pous vous sous yous nous tous eous uous ious bous hous pious anous thous chous aneous mucous famous
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