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Vainglorious (adj) means Extremely vain and proud of yourself, more than is deserved.

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Extremely vain and proud of yourself, more than is deserved.

""So kindly keep the vainglorious enumeration of your pots for the benefit of those village idiots who compose your particular set of boozing companions."" — Norman Lindsay, Redheap (1930)

"These attacks follow a familiar pattern: Their targets represent a threat to Trump’s vainglorious self-image." — Ron Fournier, How to Bully a Bully (2016)

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