Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inane"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inane \In*ane"\, a. [L. inanis.]
Without contents; empty; void of sense or intelligence;
purposeless; pointless; characterless; useless. ``Vague and
inane instincts.'' --I. Taylor. -- {In*ane"ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inane \In*ane"\, n.
That which is void or empty. [R.]
The undistinguishable inane of infinite space. --Locke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inane
adj : complacently or inanely foolish [syn: {asinine}, {fatuous},
{mindless}, {vacuous}]
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