VACUITY

inanity, senselessness, mindlessness, vacuity, pointlessness

(noun) total lack of meaning or ideas

vacuum, vacuity

(noun) a region that is devoid of matter

vacuum, vacuity

(noun) the absence of matter

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

vacuity (countable and uncountable, plural vacuities)

Emptiness.

Physical emptiness, an absence of matter; vacuum.

Idleness; listlessness.

An empty or inane remark or thing.

Source: Wiktionary

Va*cu"i*ty, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition