Vainness, 1) falseness: “I hate ingratitude more in a man than lying, v., babbling drunkenness,” Tw. III, 4, 389.
2) vanity, empty pride: “free from v. and self-glorious pride,” H5 V Chor. H5 V Chor.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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