worldly vanity

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• Vanity Fair — n. in Bunyan s Pilgrim s Progress, a fair always going on in the town of Vanity, symbolic of worldly folly, frivolity, and show …   English World dictionary

• Vanity Fair — 1. (in Bunyan s Pilgrim s Progress) a fair that goes on perpetually in the town of Vanity and symbolizes worldly ostentation and frivolity. 2. (often l.c.) any place or group, as the world or fashionable society, characterized by or displaying a… …   Universalium

• Vanity Fair — Van′ity Fair′ n. 1) lit. (in Bunyan s Pilgrim s Progress) a fair that goes on perpetually in the town of Vanity and symbolizes worldly ostentation and frivolity 2) (often l.c.) any place or group characterized by a preoccupation with idle… …   From formal English to slang

• Vanity Fair — /vænəti ˈfɛə/ (say vanuhtee fair) noun 1. (in John Bunyan s Pilgrim s Progress) a fair which goes on perpetually in the town of Vanity. It symbolises worldly ostentation and frivolity. 2. (often lower case) any place or group, as the world, a… …  

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