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Definitions for: Vacuity
[n] total lack of meaning or ideas
[n] a region empty of matter
[n] total absence of matter
[n] the absence of matter
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: inanity, mindlessness, pointlessness, senselessness, vacuousness, vacuum, vacuum
See Also: emptiness, meaninglessness, part, region
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