vānĭtĭes, ēï, f. [vanus],
I emptiness , nullity , folly (late Lat.): plebeia, Amm. 29, 1, 13.—
II Esp., vanity , vainglory : ad extollendam ejus vanitiem sidera quoque, si jussisset, exhiberi posse promittens, Amm. 29, 1, 11.
·pl of <<Vanity>>. ...
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