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vanity

vanity

16 4.4
A small table with a mirror that you use to put on makeup or do your hair
  • noun
  • /ˈvænɪti/
  • US
translation icon : tocador
  • I walk over to the vanity and notice a note scrawled in her handwriting.
  • vanity mirror
  • vanity table
  • bathroom vanity

I just think that this little guy sitting on your vanity looks kind of cool, right?

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Examples

  • Oh, look, it's a little vanity table.

  • Here is the vanity that I keep all of my skin care in and stuff.

  • So starting off on this side, this is my vanity over here.

  • I just think that this little guy sitting on your vanity looks kind of cool, right?

    Tati

  • Do you guys remember I had my first ever vanity right here?

  • This is the vanity that has like a marble top.

  • Ever since she could sit in front of my vanity, my daughter has loved makeup.

    Blog text (4)

  • After a few moments, I stepped away from the door and went to the vanity table.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Female bedrooms more often include vanity dressing tables, sofas, and sewing machines.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Alyssa then dragged the stool to the vanity and began to apply her mother's makeup.

Synonyms

dresser
vsvanity
  • US
73 1.4

A piece of furniture with drawers for storing clothes

is mainly for sitting to dress and apply makeup rather than for storing clothes
dressing table
vsvanity
6 3.0

A low table with a mirror for doing hair and makeup

is used also for hair styling as well as makeup while seated
toilet table
vsvanity
  • Archaic
6.3

A low table with a mirror used to sit at and put on makeup

is often described as having mirrors rather than being specifically fitted

Compounds

Vanity Fair
  • Literature
31 2.8

A magazine about celebrity news, fashion, and current events

vanity press
  • Jargon
1 8.2

A business that prints books for authors who pay, often with little editing

vanity fair
  • Literature
9.9

A social world where people focus on appearance and money

How Functional

vanity
  • US
16 4.4
table
∞ 1.0
shelf
369 1.0

Surface Forms

vanity singular
vanities plural

Morphology

vanity = vain (opaque) = vain + ity

Although historically formed from 'vain' + '-ity', the sense 'dressing table' is a later, specialized extension (from vanity items) and is not predictable from the base by an average learner.

Etymology

Vanity as a dressing table takes its name from the same idea as the word vain ('proud'). A vanity is a small table with a mirror where you check and admire yourself, so the name fits the furniture's use.