vainglorious
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Another member calls the group home the House of Vainglorious Delusion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
Vainglorious comments made by Diogenes when he himself was enslaved—captured and sold by pirates—indicate that even then he saw himself more as master than servant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025
The bride wore a custom gown with a 10-foot-long train by Selina Howard of Vainglorious Brides, and Mr. Jenkins, a suit from Davidson Petit-Frère.
From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2021
There are plenty of moral, upright, straight-thinking people who couldn't stand her guts any more than they can stomach Bozo the Vainglorious Clown.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2018
Vainglorious, ignorant, incompetent, yet cheerful, generous, frank, kindly and open-hearted, and badly treated by Pizarro and his brothers, he possibly deserved a better fate.
From South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure by Brady, Cyrus Townsend
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