Vain-glory, vanity: “I dare say without v.” H8 III, 1, 127. “if Hector break not his neck i'the combat, he'll break 't himself in v.” Troil. III, 3, 260. “these feasts, pomps and --es,” Tim. I, 2, 249. “it is not v. for a man and his glass to confer in his own chamber,” Cymb. IV, 1, 8.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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