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Etymology

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From vain +‎ -ful.

Adjective

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vainful (comparative more vainful, superlative most vainful)

  1. (archaic) Vain.
    • 1866, Garlands from life's wayside, by a wanderer, page 93:
      But oh! the gay world is a vainful scene,
      And sorrow soon scorches its flowery green, []