Vanityname

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  A female given name.

  • But alumni and choir volunteer Vanity Brown says when they returned, Ms. Stevenson was told she wouldn't be allowed in the classroom for at least 120 days.
  • Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Vanity Johnson polishes safety light covers aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).

vanitynoun/ˈvænɪti/

• 1

  That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.

  • Then I said in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me and why then was I more wise? Then I said in my heart that this is also vanity. / For there is no more remembrance of the wise than the fool forever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
• 2

  Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own abilities, appearance, achievements, or possessions.

  • To make a man in love with you gives an instant hold on his vanity; and with that, you can do any thing. Vanity is the real lever with which Archimedes said he could move the earth; so, try what you can effect with Sir Robert.
  • It's not vanity, to me, it's my sanity
• 3

  A dressing table used to apply makeup, preen, and coif hair, in which the table is normally quite low and similar to a desk.

  • She was sitting in front of her vanity, brushing out her hair.
• 4

  A washbasin installed into a permanently fixed storage unit, used as an item of bathroom furniture.

• 5

  obsoleteAny idea, theory or statement that is without foundation.

  • It is a vanity to say that if two stones are dropped from a tower, the heavier will experience the greater acceleration.
  • To help the matter, the alchemists call in likewise many vanities out of astrology.