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vainglorious

adjective/ˌveɪnˈɡlɔːrɪəs/

C2CEFR level
82/100Rarity: very rare
LiteraryRegister

Excessively and boastfully proud of one's own achievements.

His vainglorious speech listed every prize he had ever won.

Similar: boastful, conceited, self-glorifying

Origin: From Old French vaine gloire 'empty glory', from Latin vana gloria.

Topic: conceit in General English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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