EMP'TINESS, 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.
1. Void space vacuity vacuum.
2. Want of solidity or substance as the emptiness of light and shade.
3. Unsatisfactoriness inability to satisfy desire as the emptiness of earthly things.
4. Vacuity of head want of intellect or knowledge.
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