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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl.

Inanities

(#)

[L.

inanitas

, fr.

inanis

empty: cf. F.

inanité

. See

Inanition; void space; vacuity; emptiness.

Lack of seriousness; aimlessness; frivolity.

An inane, useless thing or pursuit; a vanity; a silly object; – chiefly in

pl.

;

as, the

inanities

of the world

Noun.

[L. inanitas, from inanis, void.]

Emptiness; void space; vacuity.