[クマツヅラか(クマツヅラ科);くまつづらか(熊葛科), kumatsudura ka ( kumatsudura ka ); kumatsuduraka ( kuma kuzu ka )] (n) Verbenaceae (vervain family of plants) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (4 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Vain \Vain\ (v[=a]n), a. [Compar. {Vainer}; superl. {Vainest}.]
[F. vain, L. vanus empty, void, vain. Cf. {Vanish}, {Vanity},
{Vaunt} to boast.]
1. Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty;
void; worthless; unsatisfying. "Thy vain excuse." --Shak.
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Every man walketh in a vain show. --Ps. xxxix.
6.
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Let no man deceive you with vain words. --Eph. v. 6.
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Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hate ye!
--Shak.
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Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy. --Milton.
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2. Destitute of force or efficacy; effecting no purpose;
fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.
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Bring no more vain oblations. --Isa. i. 13.
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Vain is the force of man
To crush the pillars which the pile sustain.
--Dryden.
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3. Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having
a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight
reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated.
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But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart
from works is barren? --James ii. 20
(Rev. Ver.).
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The minstrels played on every side,
Vain of their art. --Dryden.
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4. Showy; ostentatious.
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Load some vain church with old theatric state.
--Pope.
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Syn: Empty; worthless; fruitless; ineffectual; idle; unreal;
shadowy; showy; ostentatious; light; inconstant;
deceitful; delusive; unimportant; trifling.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Vain \Vain\, n.
Vanity; emptiness; -- now used only in the phrase
{in vain}.
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{For vain}. See {In vain}. [Obs.] --Shak.
{In vain}, to no purpose; without effect; ineffectually. " In
vain doth valor bleed." --Milton. " In vain they do
worship me." --Matt. xv. 9.
{To take the name of God in vain}, to use the name of God
with levity or profaneness.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vain
adj 1: characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated
sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an
attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical
disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was
unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed
and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes" [syn:
{conceited}, {egotistic}, {egotistical}, {self-
conceited}, {swollen}, {swollen-headed}, {vain}]
2: unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years
after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain
attempt" [syn: {bootless}, {fruitless}, {futile},
{sleeveless}, {vain}]
From French-English Freedict dictionary [fd-fra-eng]:
vain [vɛ̃]
abortive; futile; useless; vain
conceited; frivolous; vain
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