English Explanatory Dictionary

emptiness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state or feeling of being empty.
  2. A void; a nothingness; something lacking existence.
  3. A nonexistence; a lack of existence.
name
  1. A Chinese constellation near Aquarius and Equuleus, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the Black Turtle.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

emptiness emptinesses emptinesse

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English emptynesse, from Old English ǣmtiġnes. By surface analysis, empty + -ness.

Derived words

nonemptiness
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