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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VACU'ITY, n. [L. vacuitas, from vacuus.]
1. Emptiness; a state of being unfilled.
Hunger is such a state of vacuity as to require a fresh supply.
2. Space unfilled or unoccupied, or occupied with an invisible fluid only.
3. Emptiness; void.
God only can fill every vacuity of the soul.
4. Inanity; emptiness; want of reality.
5. Vacuum, which see.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the absence of matter [syn: vacuum, vacuity]
2: a region that is devoid of matter [syn: vacuum, vacuity]
3: total lack of meaning or ideas [syn: inanity, senselessness, mindlessness, vacuity, pointlessness]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ties) Etymology: Middle English vacuite, Latin vacuitas, from vacuus empty Date: 15th century 1. an empty space 2. the state, fact, or quality of being vacuous 3. something (as an idea) that is vacuous or inane

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Vacuity 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you refer to the vacuity of something or someone, you are critical of them because they lack intelligent thought or ideas. (FORMAL) His vacuity was a handicap in these debates. ...a campaign notable for its intellectual vacuity and personal nastiness. N-UNCOUNT: usu with poss [disapproval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Emptiness, vacancy, inanity, inanition. 2. Void, vacuum, empty space, emptiness, vacancy. 3. Inanity, nihility, want of reality.

Moby Thesaurus

bare, bareness, barrenness, blank, blankness, bleakness, cavity, clear, desolateness, dull, dullness, emptiness, empty, empty-headed, foolish, hollow, hollowness, inane, inanity, nada, nihility, nonexistence, nullity, shallow, silly, stark, stupidity, superficial, vacancy, vacant, vacuous, vacuousness, void, voidness