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vac⋅u⋅ous
[vak-yoo-uh
s]
–adjective
| 1. | without contents; empty: the vacuous air. |
| 2. | lacking in ideas or intelligence: a vacuous mind. |
| 3. | expressing or characterized by a lack of ideas or intelligence; inane; stupid: a vacuous book. |
| 4. | purposeless; idle: a vacuous way of life. |
Related forms:
vac⋅u⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
vac⋅u⋅ous⋅ness, noun
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vac·u·ous (vāk'yōō-əs) adj.
[From Latin vacuus, empty; see vacuum.] vac'u·ous·ly adv., vac'u·ous·ness n. |
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Vacuous
Vac"u*ous\, a. [L. vacuus. See Vacant.] Empty; unfilled; void; vacant. Boundless the deep, because I am who fill Infinitude; nor vacuous the space. --Milton. That the few may lead selfish and vacuous days. --J. Morley.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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vacuous
1648, "empty," from L. vacuus "empty, void, free" (see vacuum). Figurative sense of "empty of ideas" is from 1848.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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