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vanitas

Pronunciation: /ˈvanɪtɑːs/
Definition of vanitas

noun

  • a still-life painting of a 17th-century Dutch genre containing symbols of death or change as a reminder of their inevitability.

Origin:

Latin, literally 'vanity, futility'

vanitas in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of vanitas in the US English dictionary