boastfulness, vainglory
(noun) outspoken conceit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vainglory (countable and uncountable, plural vainglories)
Excessive vanity.
Boastful, unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities.
Vain, ostentatious display.
A regarding of oneself with undue favor.
vainglory (third-person singular simple present vainglories, present participle vainglorying, simple past and past participle vaingloried)
(intransitive) To boast; to act in a vain manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Vain`glo"ry, n. Etym: [Vain + glory.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 May 2024
(noun) acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable); “incurring debts is easier than paying them”
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.
