Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From va(i)n + -ity, from Middle English ''vanite'', from 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..."
Doublet of ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vanitas vanitas]''.
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===
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# That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.
# That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.
# Excessive [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pride pride] in or
# [[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.
[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/admiration admiration] of one's own abilities,
# 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.
appearance, achievements, or possessions.
# A [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/washbasin washbasin] installed into a permanently fixed storage unit, used as an item of bathroom furniture.
# 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.
# (''obsolete'') Any idea, theory or statement that is without foundation.
