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- Dictionaryvainglorious/veɪnˈɡlɔːrɪəs/
adjective
- 1. excessively proud of oneself or one's achievements; overly vain: literary "this vainglorious boast of personal infallibility"
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- Amanda Watson
- 2009
2 days ago · vainglorious (adj.) παρά·δοξος -ον: incredible (adj.) startling, contrary to expectation, marvelous: παρά·δοξό·τατος -η -ον [LXX] more paradoxical (adj.) προσ+δοκάω: to expect (v.) expect, look for, wait for: προσ·δοκία, -ας, ἡ: expectation (n.) (from "προσδοκάω" "watch-toward/expect").
4 days ago · [1] Ethics, also referred to as moral philosophy, is the study of moral phenomena. It is one of the main branches of philosophy and investigates the nature of morality and the principles that govern the moral evaluation of conduct, character traits, and institutions.
2 days ago · Plot. In 1941, Austrian SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa interrogates French farmer Perrier LaPadite, suspecting that his family is hiding a Jewish family, the Dreyfuses, under their floorboards. LaPadite confirms this to spare his own family, and Landa has the hidden family shot, but allows Shosanna Dreyfus to escape. [13]
