Va*cu"i*ty (?), n. [L. vacuitas. See
Vacuous.]
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. 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. Want of reality; inanity; nihility.
[R.]
Their expectations will meet with
vacuity.
Glanvill.
Va*cu"i*ty (?), n. [L. vacuitas. See
Vacuous.]
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. 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. Want of reality; inanity; nihility.
[R.]
Their expectations will meet with
vacuity.
Glanvill.
