vastity

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈvɑːstɪti/|/ˈvɑːstəti/    美 /ˈvæstɪti/|/ˈvæstəti/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Emptiness or desolation. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — Leo Decimus was so much bewailed in Rome after his departure, that[…]all good fellowship, peace, mirth, and plenty died with him, tanquam eodem sepulchro cum Leone condita lugebantur; for it was a golden age whilst he lived, but after his decease an iron season succeeded[…], wars, plagues, vastity, discontent.
  2. Vastness. countable,uncountable
    — there is no […] soule so skittish and stubborne, that hath not a feeling of some reverence in considering the clowdy vastitie and gloomie canapies of our churches […].

词形变化

vastities plural

词源

From vast + -ity, from Middle French vastité or its source, Latin vastitas. Compare Middle English wastite.
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