Dictionary entry

Vacuity

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Va‐cu″i‐ty (vȧ‐kū″ĭ‐ty̆), 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.

Their expectations will meet with vacuity. Glanvill.