Vainglorious (adj)
vayn-glor-e-us
Excessively proud of oneself or one’s achievements; overly vain, boastful.
Late Middle English vanegloreous ; from Medieval Latin vaniglorius.
Example sentences
“Like many vainglorious self-publicists, he probably thought he could charm his way out of answering the more awkward questions.”
“His fatuous smile alone would have aroused their ire before he opened his vainglorious mouth.”
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