Vanity: Difference between revisions
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..." |
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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 | # 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. | ||
Revision as of 20:09, 24 April 2026
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.
- 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.