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===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|wayn||obsolete}}
From {{inh|en|enm|veyn}}, from {{der|en|fro|vain}}, from {{der|en|la|vānus||empty}}.▼
{{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁weh₂-}}▼
===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|vān}}, {{IPA|en|/veɪn/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-vain.ogg|
* {{homophones|en|vane|vein}}
* {{rhymes|en|eɪn|s=1}}
===
▲From {{inh|en|enm|veyn}}, from {{der|en|fro|vain}}, from {{der|en|la|vānus||empty}}.
▲{{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁weh₂-}}
{{en-adj|er|more}}
# [[overly|Overly]] [[proud]] of oneself, [[especially]] [[concerning]] [[appearance]]; having a [[high]] [[opinion]] of one's own
#*
# Having no [[real]] [[substance]], [[value]], or [[importance]]; [[empty]]; [[void]]; [[worthless]]; [[unsatisfying]].
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona|act=III|scene=i|passage=I will not hear thy '''vain''' excuse}}
#* {{RQ:King James Version|Ephesians|5|6|passage=Let no man deceive you with '''vain''' words.}}
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|book=II|passage='''Vain''' wisdom all, and false philosophy.|year=1873}}
# Effecting no purpose; pointless, [[futile]].
#: {{ux|en|'''vain''' toil    a '''vain''' attempt}}
#* {{RQ:Dryden Aeneis|passage='''Vain''' is the force of man / To crush the pillars which the pile sustain.}}
#* {{RQ:Tennyson In Memoriam|XXX|48|At our old pastimes in the hall<br>We gambol’d, making '''vain''' pretence<br>Of gladness, with an awful sense<br>Of one mute Shadow watching all.}}
#* {{RQ:Travers Cuckoo in the Nest|chapter=6|passage=But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' '''vain''' remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.}}▼
# [[showy|Showy]]; [[ostentatious]].▼
▲|passage=But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' '''vain''' remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.}}
▲# Showy; ostentatious.
#* {{RQ:Pope Works|volume=II|title=Epistle 4|lines=25–30|page=40|passage=Yet ſhall (my Lord) your juſt, your noble Rules / Fill half the land with imitating Fools: / VVho random dravvings from your ſheets ſhall take, / And of one beauty many blunders make; / Load ſome '''vain''' Church with old Theatric State, / Turn Arcs of Triumph to a Garden-gate, {{...}}}}
=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|overly proud of oneself}} {{l|en|conceited}}; [[puffed up]]; [[inflated]]
* {{sense|pointless}} {{l|en|pointless}}, {{l|en|futile}}, {{l|en|fruitless}}, {{l|en|ineffectual}}
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* See also [[Thesaurus:futile]]
=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|in vain}}
** {{l|en|Richard of York gave battle in vain}}
** {{l|en|take someone's name in vain}}
* {{l|en|vainness}}
* {{l|en|vainly}}
=====Related terms=====
* {{l|en|vanity}}
=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|overly proud of one's appearance}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|սնապարծ}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|şöhrətpərəst}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|суетен}}, {{t+|bg|
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|vanitós}}
* Danish: {{t|da|forfængelig}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|ijdel}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|turhamainen}}
* French: [[vaniteux]].
* Galician: {{t+|gl|vaidoso|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ფუქსავატი}}, {{t|ka|თავმომწონე}}, {{t|ka|პატივმოყვარე}}
* German: {{t+|de|eitel}}
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* Hebrew: {{t|he|גאוותן|tr=ga'avtán}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|hiú}}, {{t+|hu|öntelt}}, {{t+|hu|önelégült}}, {{t+|hu|beképzelt}}
*
* Irish: {{t|ga|arduallach}}, {{t|ga|mustrach}}, {{t|ga|díomasach}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|vanitoso}}, {{t+|it|vanesio}}
* Kabuverdianu: {{t|kea|janóta}}, {{t|kea|bazófu}}, {{t|kea|bazofe}}, {{t|kea|intxide}}
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|turha}}
* French: {{t+|fr|frivole}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ცარიელი}}, {{t|ka|ამაო
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|तुच्छ}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|alaptalan}}, {{t+|hu|üres}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|overfladisk}}
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* Danish: {{t|da|forgæves}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|nutteloos}}, {{t+|nl|tevergeefs}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|vana}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|turha}}, {{t+|fi|tyhjä}}, {{t+|fi|hyödytön}}
* French: {{t+|fr|vain}}, {{t+|fr|futile}}
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*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἀποφώλιος}}, {{t|grc|μάταιος}}, {{t|grc|τηΰσιος}} {{t|grc|ψαινύθιος}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|חסר תועלת|tr=khasár to'élet}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|व्यर्थ}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|hiábavaló}}, {{t+|hu|céltalan}}, {{t+|hu|hiú}}, {{t+|hu|felesleges}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|in aisce}}, {{t|ga|amú}}
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{{trans-bottom}}
===
A converstion of the adjectival form of vain. The only use of this verb in English appears c. 1628 in the writings of {{w|Owen Felltham}}.
====Verb====
{{en-verb}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|rare|dated|obsolete}} To [[frustrate]]. {{rfquote-sense|en}}
=====Further reading=====
* {{R:Webster 1913}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ainv|
{{C|en|Personality}}
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===Alternative forms===
* {{
===Etymology===
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* {{l|fi|kuka vain}}
* {{l|fi|mikä vain}}
===Further reading===
* {{R:KTSK|accessdate=2023-07-04}}
===Anagrams===
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===Etymology===
===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-vain.ogg
* {{hmp|fr|vainc|vaincs|vains|vin|vingt|vingts|vins|vint|vînt}}
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# [[useless]], [[ineffective]], [[fruitless]]
#
#: {{syn|fr|frivole}}
▲====Synonyms====
▲* {{l|fr|inutile}}
====Derived terms====
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===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}
{{C|fr|Personality}}
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