English Explanatory Dictionary

vacuity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Emptiness.
  2. Physical emptiness, an absence of matter; vacuum.
  3. Idleness; listlessness.
  4. An empty or inane remark or thing.

Pronunciation

/væˈkjuːɪtɪ/ /vəˈkjuːɪtɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vacuity.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vacuity2.wav /vaˈkjuːɪti/ /vəˈkjuːɪti/

Word forms

vacuity vacuities vacuitie

Etymology

From Latin vacuitās (“empty space, vacancy, vacuity”); equivalent to vacu(ous) + -ity.

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