inanity
pronunciation
How to pronounce inanity in British English:
UK [ɪ'nænətɪ]
How to pronounce inanity in American English:
US [ɪˈnænɪti]
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- Noun:
- total lack of meaning or ideas
Word Origin
- inanity (n.)
- c. 1600, "emptiness, hollowness," literal and figurative, from French inanité or directly from Latin inanitas "emptiness, empty space," figuratively "worthlessness," noun of quality from inanis "empty, void, worthless, useless," of uncertain origin.
Example
- 1. The inanity of this is quite funny .
- 2. Inanity loneliness you call it !
- 3. As for the inanity , that was probably best summed up by a patriotic series about american steel .
- 4. It was a non-tragic philosophy which though perilously near to inanity was by no means superficial .