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vacuity va-KYOO-uh-tee noun the state of being vacuous; a moronic idea 1882Specimen DaysThe attractions, fascinations there are in sea and shore! How one dwells on their simplicity, even vacuity!1885By Shore and Sedge 'That's it. Justifyin' yourself by works instead o' leanin' onto Him! Find Him, sez you! Git Him, sez you! Works is vain. Glory! glory!' he continued, with fluent vacuity and wandering, dull, observant eyes. 1919Spanish DoubloonsI listened to their lazy, fragmentary conversation vast gulfs of mental vacuity seemed to open before me.Labels: Bret Harte, Camilla Kenyon, Walt Whitman
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