VACUITY

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Va‐cu″i‐ty (vȧ‐kū″ĭ‐ty̆), n. [[L. vacuitas. See Vacuous.]] 1. 1. The quality or state of being vacuous, or not filled; emptiness; vacancy; as, vacuity of mind; vacuity of countenance.
Hunger is such a state of vacuity as to require a fresh supply of aliment. Arbuthnot. 2. 2. Space unfilled or unoccupied, or occupied with an invisible fluid only; emptiness; void; vacuum.
A vacuity is interspersed among the particles of matter. Bentley. God . . . alone can answer all our longings and fill every vacuity of our soul. Rogers. 3. 3. Want of reality; inanity; nihility.
Their expectations will meet with vacuity. Glanvill.