inanity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: inanity	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for inanity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inanity n total lack of meaning or ideas [syn: inanity, senselessness, mindlessness, vacuity, pointlessness]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inanity \Inan"ity\, n.; pl. {Inanities}. [L. inanitas, fr. inanis empty: cf. F. inanit[82]. See {Inane}.] 1. Inanition; void space; vacuity; emptiness. 2. Want of seriousness; aimlessness; frivolity. 3. An inane, useless thing or pursuit; a vanity; a silly object; -- chiefly in pl.; as, the inanities of the world.