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English Dictionary: vacuity	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for vacuity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vacuity n the absence of matter Synonym(s): vacuum, vacuity a region that is devoid of matter Synonym(s): vacuum, vacuity total lack of meaning or ideas Synonym(s): inanity, senselessness, mindlessness, vacuity, pointlessness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vacuity \Vacu"ity\, 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. Hunger is such a state of vacuity as to require a fresh supply of aliment. --Arbuthnot. 2. Space unfilled or unoccupied, or occupied with an invisible fluid only; emptiness; void; vacuum. A vacuity is interspersed among the particles of matter. --Bentley. God . . . alone can answer all our longings and fill every vacuity of our soul. --Rogers. 3. Want of reality; inanity; nihility. [R.] Their expectations will meet with vacuity. --Glanvill.