# 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 [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/admiration admiration] of one's own abilities,appearance, achievements, or possessions.
# [[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/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.
# A [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/washbasin washbasin] installed into a permanently fixed storage unit, used as an item of bathroom furniture.
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English
Etymology
From va(i)n + -ity, from Middle English vanite, from Old French vanité,
from Latin vānitas, from
vānus, whence English
[vain].
Doublet of 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.
"Vanity" by Frank Cadogan Cowper (1907) Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own abilities,appearance, achievements, or possessions.
A dressing table used to apply makeup, preen, and coif hair, in which the table is normally quite low and similar to a desk.
A 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.
