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Rodomont :: Rodomont (a.) Bragging; vainly boasting.

Would-be :: Would-be (a.) Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet..

Turgid :: Turgid (a.) Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking..

Waste :: Waste (a.) To spend unnecessarily or carelessly; to employ prodigally; to expend without valuable result; to apply to useless purposes; to lavish vainly; to squander; to cause to be lost; to destroy by scattering or injury.

Fangled :: Fangled (a.) New made; hence, gaudy; showy; vainly decorated. [Obs., except with the prefix new.] See Newfangled..

Vainly :: Vainly (adv.) In a vain manner; in vain.

Idly :: Idly (adv.) In a idle manner; ineffectually; vainly; lazily; carelessly; (Obs.) foolishly.

Chimerically :: Chimerically (adv.) Wildy; vainly; fancifully.

Chimerical :: Chimerical (a.) Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects..

Vauntful :: Vauntful (a.) Given to vaunting or boasting; vainly ostentatious; boastful; vainglorious.

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