INANITY

inanity, senselessness, mindlessness, vacuity, pointlessness

(noun) total lack of meaning or ideas

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

inanity (countable and uncountable, plural inanities)

(uncountable) The property of being inane, of lacking material of interest or satisfaction, emptiness.

Something that is inane.

Source: Wiktionary


In*an"i*ty, n.; pl. Inanities. Etym: [L. inanitas, fr. inanis empty: cf. F. inanité. See Inane.]

1. Inanition; void space; vacuity; emptiness.

2. Want of seriousness; aimlessness; frivolity.

3. An inane, useless thing or pursuit; a vanity; a silly object; -- chiefly in pl.; as, the inanities of the world.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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