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in⋅ane
[i-neyn] 
–adjective
| 1. | lacking sense, significance, or ideas; silly: inane questions. |
| 2. | empty; void. |
–noun
| 3. | something that is empty or void, esp. the void of infinite space. |
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| in·ane (ĭn-ān') adj. in·an·er, in·an·est One that lacks sense or substance: interrupting with inane comments; angry with my inane roommate. [Latin inānis, empty, lacking sense.] in·ane'ly adv. |
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Inane
In*ane"\, a. [L. inanis.] Without contents; empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; characterless; useless. "Vague and inane instincts." --I. Taylor. -- In*ane"ly, adv.Inane
In*ane"\, n. That which is void or empty. [R.] The undistinguishable inane of infinite space. --Locke.
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inane
"silly, empty-headed," 1819, earlier "empty" (1662), a back-formation of inanity "emptiness, hollowness" (1603), later "silliness" (1753), from Fr. inanité, from L. inanitatem "emptiness," from inanis "empty, void, worthless, useless." Inanition is attested from c.1400.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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