Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EMP'TI-NESS
EMP'TI-NESS, n. [from empty.]
- A state of being empty; a state of containing nothing except air; destitution; absence of matter; as, the emptiness of a vessel.
- Void space; vacuity; vacuum. Dryden.
- Want of solidity or substance; as, the emptiness of light and shade. Dryden.
- Unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; as, the emptiness of earthly things.
- Vacuity of head; want of intellect or knowledge. Pope.
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