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embosom(dictionary)

vainglory (iou) and embosom (medicine)


vainglory (iou)



vainglory noun & verb. ME.
[from VAIN adjective + GLORY noun after Old & mod. French vaine gloire, Latin vana gloria.]
A. noun.
Glory or renown that is vain or worthless; inordinate pride in one's abilities, worth, etc.; excessive vanity or boastfulness. ME.
A. Wilson His apprehensions of disaster brought on by overreaching and vainglory.
A vainglorious thing, action, etc. rare. LME-E18.
Shakespeare Timon of Athens What needs these feasts, pomps, and vainglories?
b. verb. rare.
verb refl. Praise (oneself) unduly. Only in M17.
verb intrans. Indulge in vainglory. L19.

embosom (medicine)


embosom


1. To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster. "Glad to embosom his affection." (Spenser)

2. To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something. "His house embosomed in the grove." (Pope) "Some tender flower . . . . Embosomed in the greenest glade." (Keble)

Origin: Written also imbosom.

Source: Websters Dictionary