Definitions for vanity fair

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Van′ity Fair′(n.)

  1. (in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) a fair that goes on perpetually in the town of Vanity and symbolizes worldly ostentation and frivolity.

    Category: Literature

  2. (often l.c.) any place or group characterized by a preoccupation with idle pleasures or ostentation.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. vanity fair(noun)

    a vain and frivolous lifestyle especially in large cities


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