Vain

vān, adj. unsatisfying: fruitle : unreal: silly: conceited: showy: ( B. ) vacant, worthle .— adv. Vain′ly .— ns. Vain′ne , fruitle ne : ( Shak. ) empty pride, folly; Van′ity , worthle ne , futility: empty pride or ostentation: ambitious display: idle show: empty pleasure: fruitle desire, a trifle: ( Shak. ) a personified vice in the old moralities and puppet-shows: ( B. ) a heathen deity.— Vanity Fair , the world as the scene of vanity or empty folly, the world of fashion, so named from the fair described in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progre .— In vain , For vain ( Shak. ), ineffectually: to no end: with levity or profanity. [Fr.,—L. van us , empty.]