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===Alternative forms===

* {{alter|en|wayn||obsolete}}

 

===Etymology 1===

{{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁weh₂-}}

 

{{en-adj|er|more}}

 

#* {{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.}}

# 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.}}

# [[showy|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, {{...}}}}

 

* {{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}}

* See also [[Thesaurus:futile]]

 

* {{l|en|in vain}}

** {{l|en|Richard of York gave battle in vain}}

* {{l|en|vainly}}

 

* {{l|en|vanity}}

 

{{trans-top|overly proud of one's appearance}}

* Armenian: {{t+|hy|սնապարծ}}

* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|суетен}}, {{t+|bg|тщеславен}}

* Catalan: {{t+|ca|vanitós}}

* Dutch: {{t+|nl|ijdel}}

* Finnish: {{t+|fi|turhamainen}}

* French: [[vaniteux]].

* Georgian: {{t|ka|ფუქსავატი}}, {{t|ka|თავმომწონე}}, {{t|ka|პატივმოყვარე}}

* German: {{t+|de|eitel}}

* 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}}

* French: {{t+|fr|frivole}}

* Georgian: {{t|ka|ცარიელი}}, {{t|ka|ამაო}}, {{t|ka|ფუჭი}}

* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|alaptalan}}, {{t+|hu|üres}}

* Norwegian: {{t+|no|overfladisk}}

* Danish: {{t|da|forgæves}}

* Dutch: {{t+|nl|nutteloos}}, {{t+|nl|tevergeefs}}

* Finnish: {{t+|fi|turha}}, {{t+|fi|tyhjä}}, {{t+|fi|hyödytön}}

* French: {{t+|fr|vain}}, {{t+|fr|futile}}

*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἀποφώλιος}}, {{t|grc|μάταιος}}, {{t|grc|τηΰσιος}} {{t|grc|ψαινύθιος}}

* Hebrew: {{t|he|חסר תועלת|tr=khasár to'élet}}

* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|hiábavaló}}, {{t+|hu|céltalan}}, {{t+|hu|hiú}}, {{t+|hu|felesleges}}

* Irish: {{t|ga|in aisce}}, {{t|ga|amú}}

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}}.

 

{{en-verb}}

 

 

* {{R:Webster 1913}}

* {{R:Century 1911}}

 

===Anagrams===

 

{{C|en|Personality}}

===Pronunciation===

* {{fr-IPA}}

* {{hmp|fr|vainc|vaincs|vains|vin|vingt|vingts|vins|vint|vînt}}

 

 

# [[useless]], [[ineffective]], [[fruitless]]

# {{l|en|vain}}, [[shallow]]

 

====Derived terms====