vanitas

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of still life painting, symbolic of mortality, characteristic of Dutch painting of the 16th and 17th centuries.

Pronunciation

/ˈvæn.ɪˌtɑs/

Word forms

vanitas vanitases

Etymology

From Latin vānitās. Doublet of vanity.

Related words

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