Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Vain (-er)
vain (-er), adj. [OFr < L. vānus, empty, void, idle.] (webplay: empty, every man, God, high, hope, life, man, name, teaches, unreal, walketh, worship, worthless).
- Ephemeral; transitory; insubstantial; intangible; untouchable.
- Conceited; egotistical; self-centered; over-confident.
- Fruitless; empty; hollow; vacuous; not efficacious.
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