Today's Parola del Giorno is the adjective, vanèsio,1 which means vain or conceited. See the adjective used below in its context:
Romolo è un tipo piuttosto vanesio e vacuo. Pensa sempre a comprare vestiti alla moda che lo facciano apparire meglio e giudica gli altri usando solo criteri estetici. Vive immerso nell’apparenza.
Romolo is a rather vain and vacuous guy. He always thinks about buying fashionable clothes that make him look better and judges others using only aesthetic criteria. He is absorbed in his appearance.
The è indicates where the stress on the word is located. Typically, the stress of Italian words falls on the penultimate syllable. However, there are a number of words that do not follow this pattern, like vanèsio.