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Webster 1913 Edition

Vacuity

Va-cu′i-ty

(vȧ-kū′ĭ-ty̆)
,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Vacuity

VACU'ITY

,
Noun.
[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.

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