Category:Vacuity

Va*cu"i*ty, n. Etym: [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.