Etymology

vanitas

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Today it means: A type of still life painting, symbolic of mortality, characteristic of Dutch painting of the 16th and 17th centuries. Full definition →

Latin vānitās
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromvānitās
  2. English todayvanitas

From Latin vānitās. Doublet of vanity.

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