VASTITY


Meaning of VASTITY in English

I. -stəd.ē, -ətē, -i noun

( -es )

Etymology: Middle French vastité, from Latin vastitat-, vastitas, from vastus empty, waste + -itat-, -itas -ity

archaic : a waste or desolate condition

all the vastity of the Arabian peninsula — C.M.Doughty

II. noun

( -es )

Etymology: Latin vastitas, from vastus vast + -itas -ity

: vastitude

the dreadful vastity of the stars — Rose Macaulay

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