vacuity
pronunciation
How to pronounce vacuity in British English:
UK [vəˈkju:əti]
How to pronounce vacuity in American English:
US [væˈkjuɪti, və-]
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- Noun:
- the absence of matter
- total absence of matter
- a region empty of matter
- total lack of meaning or ideas
Word Origin
- vacuity (n.)
- late 14c., "hollow space," from Latin vacuitas "empty space, emptiness, absence, vacancy, freedom," from vacuus "empty" (see vacuum (n.)). Originally in anatomy. Meaning "vacancy of mind or thought" is attested from 1590s.
Example
- 1. The third way died in vacuity and derision .
- 2. " Gossip girl " reversed course and found a way saucily to make a virtue of vacuity and viciousness .
- 3. Online vacuity monitoring set for vacuum breaker quenching pot .
- 4. I wake up in my coffin , dark , vacuity and silence .
- 5. Leisure is enjoyable while vacuity is suffering .