Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vacuity

/vaˈkjuːɪti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables: vacu-ity
IPA: /vaˈkjuːɪti/

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Physical emptiness, an absence of matter.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Idleness; listlessness.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An empty or inane remark or thing.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The meanes I use to suppresse this frenzy, and which seemeth the fittest for my purpose, is to crush, and trample this humane pride and fiercenesse under foot, to make them feele the emptinesse, vacuitie, and no worth of man[…]."
"to find so sensible a breach or vacuity in the course of the passions, by means of this breach in the connexion of ideas[…]."
"The Baronet was not more animated than ordinarily—there was a happy vacuity about him which enabled him to face a dinner, a death, a church, a marriage, with the same indifferent ease."
"At first glance, Saltburn is classic clash-of-the-classes fare: a tale of social strata, moral vacuity and the seductions of wealth, with a poor boy ushered into his rich friend's kingdom."

Etymology

From Latin vacuitās (“empty space, vacancy, vacuity”); equivalent to vacu(ous) + -ity.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Prefix: vacuous
Root: vacuitās, *h₁weh₂-
Suffix: -ity

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /væˈkjuːɪtɪ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

vacuities (plural) vacuitie (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

vacuitous vacuousness

Synonyms

vacuum vacancy vacantness inanity senselessness mindlessness pointlessness

Questions

How do you pronounce vacuity?: The recorded pronunciation is /vaˈkjuːɪti/.
What does vacuity mean?: Emptiness.
Where does vacuity come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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