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abode | vain |

As a noun abode

is act of waiting; delay.

As a verb abode

is past tense of abide.

As an adjective vain is

overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.

abode

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) abod, abad, from (etyl) . For the change of vowel, compare ''abode'', preterit of ''abide .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) Act of waiting; delay.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , III.viii:
    • Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode .
  • (obsolete) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
  • * 1661 , , [http://archive.org/stream/a615775104worduoft/a615775104worduoft_djvu.txt The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond]
    • During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant
  • * (rfdate), (Henry Fielding) (1707-1754)
    • He waxeth at your abode here.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;
  • (formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation.
    • of no fixed abode .
  • * (rfdate), (William Wordsworth) (1770-1850)
    • Come, let me lead you to our poore abode .
    Synonyms
    * See also

    Verb

    (head)
  • (abide)

    • Etymology 2

    * From an alteration with bode and (etyl) *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An omen; a foretelling.
  • * High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes . -

    • Verb

    (abod)
  • (obsolete) To bode; to foreshow; to presage.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (obsolete) To be ominous.
    • Derived terms
    * abodement * aboding

    See also

    * dwelling

    References

    Anagrams

    * English irregular past participles English irregular simple past forms English terms with multiple etymologies

    vain

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Overly proud of oneself, especially concerning appearance; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason.
  • * (rfdate) Leo Rosten
    • Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain ; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed.
  • Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • thy vain excuse
  • * Bible, (w) v. 6
    • Let no man deceive you with vain words.
  • * (John Milton) (1608-1674)
    • Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy.
  • Effecting no purpose; pointless, futile.
  • * (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
    • Vain is the force of man / To crush the pillars which the pile sustain.
  • * (rfdate) William of Occam
    • It is vain to do with more what can be done with fewer.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.}}
  • Showy; ostentatious.
  • * (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
    • Load some vain church with old theatric state.

    Synonyms

    * (overly proud of oneself) conceited; puffed up; inflated * (pointless) pointless, futile, fruitless, ineffectual * See also * See also

    Derived terms

    * in vain * vainness * vainly

    Related terms

    * vanity

    External links

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    Anagrams

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