vainglorious

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

VAINGLO'RIOUS, adjective [vain and glorious.] 1. Vain to excess of one's own achievements; elated beyond due measure; boastful. Vainglorious man. 2. Boastful; proceeding from vanity. Arrogant and vainglorious expression.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI

More founding-era words: liberty · virtue · republic · justice · providence · commerce · militia · arms · prudence · establishment · religion · usurpation · tyranny · citizen · unalienable · sovereign