Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vastity

/ˈvæstɪti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vasti-ty
IPA: /ˈvæstɪti/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Emptiness or desolation.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Leo Decimus was so much bewailed in Rome after his departure, that[…]all good fellowship, peace, mirth, and plenty died with him, tanquam eodem sepulchro cum Leone condita lugebantur; for it was a golden age whilst he lived, but after his decease an iron season succeeded[…], wars, plagues, vastity, discontent."
"there is no […] soule so skittish and stubborne, that hath not a feeling of some reverence in considering the clowdy vastitie and gloomie canapies of our churches […]."

Etymology

From vast + -ity, from Middle French vastité or its source, Latin vastitas. Compare Middle English wastite.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: vastité, vastitas
Suffix: vast

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈvæstɪti/
British English: /ˈvɑːstɪti/

Usage

Inflected Forms

vastities (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce vastity?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvæstɪti/.
What does vastity mean?: Emptiness or desolation.
Where does vastity come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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