2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vacuity \Va*cu"i*ty\, 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
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}]
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