Vanitas Definition
vanitäs
noun
Vanity; futility.
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A work of art containing symbols of mortality or the impermanence of material things; esp., a 17th-cent. Dutch painting of this kind.
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adjective
Of or relating to such paintings as a genre.
The vanitas tradition.
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Other Word Forms of Vanitas
Noun
Singular:
vanitas
Plural:
vanitasesOrigin of Vanitas
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From Latin vanitas
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