Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vacuous"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Vacuous \Vac"u*ous\, a. [L. vacuus. See {Vacant}.]
Empty; unfilled; void; vacant.

Boundless the deep, because I am who fill Infinitude;
nor vacuous the space. --Milton.

That the few may lead selfish and vacuous days. --J.
Morley.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

vacuous
adj 1: complacently or inanely foolish [syn: {asinine}, {fatuous},
{inane}, {mindless}]
2: devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow
victory"; "vacuous comments" [syn: {empty}, {hollow}]


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