Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inanity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inanity \In*an"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Inanities}. [L. inanitas, fr.
inanis empty: cf. F. inanit['e]. 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inanity
n : total lack of meaning or ideas [syn: {senselessness}, {mindlessness},
{vacuity}, {pointlessness}]
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