From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vacuity \Va*cu"i*ty\, noun [L. vacuitas. See {Vacuous}.]
1. The quality or state of being vacuous, or not filled; emptiness; vacancy; as, vacuity of mind; vacuity of countenance.
Hunger is such a state of vacuity as to require a fresh supply of aliment. --Arbuthnot.
2. Space unfilled or unoccupied, or occupied with an invisible fluid only; emptiness; void; vacuum.
A vacuity is interspersed among the particles of matter. --Bentley.
God . . . alone can answer all our longings and fill every vacuity of our soul. --Rogers.
3. Want of reality; inanity; nihility. [R.]
Their expectations will meet with vacuity. --Glanvill.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the absence of matter [syn: {vacuum}]
2: total absence of matter [syn: {vacuousness}]
3: a region empty of matter [syn: {vacuum}]
4: total lack of meaning or ideas [syn: {inanity}, {senselessness}, {mindlessness}, {pointlessness}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "vacuity": bare, bareness, barrenness, blank, blankness, bleakness, cavity, clear, desolateness, dull, dullness, emptiness, empty, empty-headed, foolish, hollow, hollowness, inane, inanity, nada, nihility, nonexistence, nullity, shallow, silly, stark, stupidity, superficial, vacancy, vacant, vacuous, vacuousness, void, voidness
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