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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[From

The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum;

as, the

emptiness

of a vessel;

emptiness

of the stomach.

Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness;

as, the

emptiness

of earthly glory

Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind.

Eternal smiles his

emptiness

betray.

Pope.

The sins of

emptiness

, gossip, and spite.

Tennyson.

Noun.

[from empty.] A state of being empty; a state of containing nothing except air; destitution; absence of matter; as the emptiness of a vessel.

Void space; vacuity; vacuum.

Want of solidity or substance; as the emptiness of light and shade.

Unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; as the emptiness of earthly things.

Vacuity of head; want of intellect or knowledge.