VAINGLORIOUS

big, swelled, vainglorious

(adjective) feeling self-importance; “too big for his britches”; “had a swelled head”; “he was swelled with pride”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

vainglorious (comparative more vainglorious, superlative most vainglorious)

With excessive vanity or unwarranted pride.

Source: Wiktionary


Vain`glo"ri*ous, a.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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