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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Emptiness

· Emp·ti·ness · IPA /ˈɛmptiːnəs/
01 n. The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.
  1. 1.
    The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.
  2. 2.
    Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; as, the emptiness of earthly glory.
  3. 3.
    Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind.
    “Eternal smiles his emptiness betray.” — Pope.
    “The sins of emptiness, gossip, and spite.” — Tennyson.