"vastity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvɑːstɪti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvɑːstəti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈvæstɪti/ [General-American], /ˈvæstəti/ [General-American] Forms: vastities [plural]
Etymology: From vast + -ity, from Middle French vastité or its source, Latin vastitas. Compare Middle English wastite. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|vast|ity}} vast + -ity, {{der|en|frm|vastité}} Middle French vastité, {{der|en|la|vastitas}} Latin vastitas, {{cog|enm|wastite}} Middle English wastite Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} vastity (countable and uncountable, plural vastities)
  1. (obsolete) Emptiness or desolation. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-vastity-en-noun-NpQS3Sjy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
  2. Vastness. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-vastity-en-noun-9ixy5sEB

Inflected forms

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