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vastidity

vastidity noun: vastness; immensity.

Noun

vastidity (uncountable)

  1. Vastness; immensity.
    • […] a restraint,
      Though all the world’s vastidity you had,
      To a determined scope.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • […] in chaise or gig
      Th’ endoctrin’d sage professors lolling ride,
      Their heads with curl’d vastidity of wig
      Thatch’d round and round, and queerly beautify’d;1812, William Tennant, Anster Fair, Edinburgh: George Goldie, 2nd edition, 1814, Canto 2, stanza 17, p. 43

Questions about vastidity

What does vastidity mean?
Vastidity means vastness; immensity.
What part of speech is vastidity?
Vastidity is a noun.

Words near vastidity in the dictionary

  1. vasten
  2. vaster
  3. vastest
  4. Vasthy
  5. vasti externi
  6. vastidity
  7. vastier
  8. vastiest
  9. vastily
  10. vastiness
  11. vastities

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