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The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.

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  1. n. The quality or state of being vain; want of substance to satisfy desire; emptiness; unsubstantialness; unrealness; falsity.
  2. n. An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit.
  3. n. That which is vain; anything empty, visionary, unreal, or unsubstantial; fruitless desire or effort; trifling labor productive of no good; empty pleasure; vain pursuit; idle show; unsubstantial enjoyment.
  4. n. One of the established characters in the old moralities and puppet shows. See Morality, n., 5.
  5. n. feelings of excessive pride
  6. n. the quality of being valueless or futile
  7. n. the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
  8. n. low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
  9. n:100 n. the quality of being valueless or futile