Editing Vanity

==English==

===Etymology===
From [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vain va(i)n] +
[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ity -ity], from Middle English
[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanite vanite], from Old French
[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanit%C3%A9#Old_French vanité],
from Latin [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanitas vānitas], from
[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanus vānus], whence English
[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vain vain].
Doublet of [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanitas vanitas].

===Katakana Transliteration Pronunciation===
* ヴァ・ニ・ティ

===Noun===

''vanity'' (countable and uncountable, plural ''vanities'')

# That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.
# [[File:VanityByFrankCadoganCooper1907.jpg|alt=A young woman, eyes downcast, holds pearls and a mirror in quiet self-congratulatory absorption.|thumb|"Vanity" by Frank Cadogan Cowper (1907)  ]]Excessive [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pride pride] in or [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/admiration admiration] of one's own abilities,appearance, achievements, or possessions. 
# A [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dressing_table dressing table] used to apply [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/makeup makeup], preen, and coif hair, in which the table is normally quite low and similar to a desk.
# A [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/washbasin washbasin] installed into a permanently fixed storage unit, used as an item of bathroom furniture.
# (''obsolete'') Any idea, theory or statement that is without foundation.

====Derived terms====
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanity_case vanity case]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanity_plate vanity plate]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanity_press vanity press]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanity_publishing vanity publishing]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanity_sizing vanity sizing]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanity_table vanity table]
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Vanity_Fair Vanity Fair]

====Related terms====
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vain vain]

====Further reading====
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanity Wiktionary: vanity]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity Wikipedia: Vanity]
* [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vanity Merriam-Webster: vanity]