Define the word vacuity"Vacuity" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Vacuity \Va*cu"i*ty\ (v[.a]*k[=u]"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [L. vacuitas.
See Vacuous.]
1. The quality or state of being vacuous, or not filled;
emptiness; vacancy; as, vacuity of mind; vacuity of
countenance.
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Hunger is such a state of vacuity as to require a
fresh supply of aliment. --Arbuthnot.
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2. Space unfilled or unoccupied, or occupied with an
invisible fluid only; emptiness; void; vacuum.
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A vacuity is interspersed among the particles of
matter. --Bentley.
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God . . . alone can answer all our longings and fill
every vacuity of our soul. --Rogers.
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3. Want of reality; inanity; nihility. [R.]
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Their expectations will meet with vacuity.
--Glanvill.
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"vacuity" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
vacuity
n 1: the absence of matter [syn: vacuum]
2: total absence of matter [syn: vacuousness]
3: a region empty of matter [syn: vacuum]
4: total lack of meaning or ideas [syn: inanity, senselessness,
mindlessness, pointlessness]
"vacuity" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "vacuity":
bare, bareness, barrenness, blank, blankness, bleakness, cavity,
clear, desolateness, dull, dullness, emptiness, empty,
empty-headed, foolish, hollow, hollowness, inane, inanity, nada,
nihility, nonexistence, nullity, shallow, silly, stark, stupidity,
superficial, vacancy, vacant, vacuous, vacuousness, void,
voidness
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