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- US Pronunciation
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- [van-i-tahs]
- /ˈvæn ɪˌtɑs/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [van-i-tahs]
- /ˈvæn ɪˌtɑs/
Definitions of vanitas word
- noun vanitas a type of still-life painting that flourished in the Netherlands from about 1620 to 1650, conveying a religious message and characterized by objects symbolic of mortality and the meaninglessness of worldly pleasures. 1
- noun vanitas a type of Dutch symbolic still life painting common in the 16th and 17th centuries 0
- noun vanitas vanity; futility 0
- noun vanitas a work of art containing symbols of mortality or the impermanence of material things; esp., a 17th-cent. Dutch painting of this kind 0
- adjective vanitas of or relating to this genre 0
- noun vanitas (painting) A type of still life painting, symbolic of mortality, characteristic of Dutch painting of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. 0
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Origin of vanitas
First appearance:
before 1905 One of the 15% newest English words
1905-10; Latin: literally, vanity
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Parts of speech for Vanitas
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
vanitas popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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