Inanities
[ih-nan-i-tee] /ɪˈnæn ɪ ti/
noun, plural inanities for 2.
1.
lack of sense, significance, or ideas; silliness.
2.
something .
3.
shallowness; superficiality.
/ɪˈnænɪtɪ/
noun (pl) -ties
1.
lack of intelligence or imagination; senselessness; silliness
2.
a senseless action, remark, etc
3.
(archaic) emptiness
n.
c.1600, “emptiness, hollowness,” literal and figurative, from French inanité or directly from Latin inanitas “emptiness, empty space,” figuratively “worthlessness,” noun of quality from inanis “empty, void, worthless, useless,” of uncertain origin.
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