empti

compar. of Empty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Empty. ] 1. The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; as, the emptiness of earthly glory. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eternal smiles his emptiness betray. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sins of emptiness, gossip, and spite. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. emptio, fr. emere to buy. ] The act of buying. [ R. ] Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]