VAINGLORIOUS
Vain`glo"ri*ous, a.
Defn: Feeling or indicating vainglory; elated by vanity; boastful.
"Arrogant and vainglorious expression." Sir M. Hale.
— Vain`glo"ri*ous*ly, adv.
— Vain`glo"ri*ous*ness, n.
VAINGLORY
Vain`glo"ry, n. Etym: [Vain + glory.]
Defn: Excessive vanity excited by one's own performances; empty pride; undue elation of mind; vain show; boastfulness. He had nothing of vainglory. Bacon. The man's undone forever; for if Hector break not his neck i' the combat, he'll break't himself in vainglory. Shak.
VAINLY
Vain"ly, adv.
Defn: In a vain manner; in vain.
VAINNESS
Vain"ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being vain.
VAIR Vair, n. Etym: [F. vair, from OF. vair, a., L. varius various, variegated. See Various, and cf. Menivel.]
Defn: The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of that period in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates. It is represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close together, and alternately white and blue. Fairholt. No vair or ermine decked his garment. Sir W. Scott. Counter vair (Her.), a fur resembling vair, except in the arrangement of the patches or figures.