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English Dictionary: vainglorious by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vainglorious
adj
  1. feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride"
    Synonym(s): big, swelled, vainglorious
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vainglorious \Vain`glo"ri*ous\, a.
      Feeling or indicating vainglory; elated by vanity; boastful.
      [bd]Arrogant and vainglorious expression.[b8] --Sir M. Hale.
      -- {Vain`glo"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Vain`glo"ri*ous*ness}, n.
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