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inanity (noun)

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  • inanity — inane ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lacking sense or meaning; silly. DERIVATIVES inanely adverb inanity noun (pl. inanities) . ORIGIN Latin inanis empty, vain …   English terms dictionary

  • inanity — (n.) c.1600, emptiness, hollowness, literal and figurative, from Fr. inanité or directly from L. inanitas emptiness, empty space, figuratively worthlessness, noun of quality from inanis empty, void, worthless, useless, of uncertain origin …   Etymology dictionary

  • inanity — noun (plural ties) Date: 1603 1. the quality or state of being inane: as a. lack of substance ; emptiness b. vapid, pointless, or fatuous character ; shallowness 2. something that is inane …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • inanity — noun a) The property of being inane, of lacking material of interest or satisfaction, emptiness. Working in any bureaucracy means being bedeviled by inanities daily. b) Something that is inane …   Wiktionary

  • inanity — noun total lack of meaning or ideas • Syn: ↑senselessness, ↑mindlessness, ↑vacuity, ↑pointlessness • Derivationally related forms: ↑pointless (for: ↑pointlessness), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • inanity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. silliness, asininity, foolishness; see stupidity 1 , 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Total lack of ideas, meaning, or substance: barrenness, blankness, emptiness, hollowness, vacancy, vacuity, vacuousness. See FULL …   English dictionary for students

  • inanity — /ɪnˈænəti/ (say in anuhtee) noun (plural inanities) 1. lack of sense or ideas; silliness. 2. an inane remark, etc. 3. emptiness. {Latin inānitās emptiness} …  

  • inane — adjective lacking sense or meaning; silly. Derivatives inanely adverb inaneness noun inanity noun (plural inanities). Origin C16: from L. inanis empty, vain …   English new terms dictionary

  • inane — adjective extremely stupid or without much meaning: inane remarks | an inane conversation inanely adverb inanity noun (C, U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • inane — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lacking sense or meaning; silly. DERIVATIVES inanely adverb inanity noun (pl. inanities) . ORIGIN Latin inanis empty, vain …   English terms dictionary

  • inanely — inane ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lacking sense or meaning; silly. DERIVATIVES inanely adverb inanity noun (pl. inanities) . ORIGIN Latin inanis empty, vain …   English terms dictionary

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