vacuity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the absence of matter
    vacuum.
  2. noun a region that is devoid of matter
    vacuum.
  3. noun total lack of meaning or ideas
    pointlessness; senselessness; mindlessness; inanity.

WordNet

Va*cu"i*ty noun
Etymology
L. vacuitas. See Vacuous.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913