vastityn.

/ˈvɑːstɪti/

/ˈvastɪti/

Forms: Also 1600s vaustity.

Etymology: < Latin vastitās or French vastité (= Italian vastità , Spanish vastedad ): see vast adj. and adv. and -ity suffix.

Now rare.

†1. The fact or quality of being desolate, waste, void, or empty. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [noun] > deserted condition

desertnessa1400

desolationc1460

deserta1500

vastity1545

desolatenessa1626

wastefulness1674

desertedness1818

desertion1876

1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (ix.) f. 162^v Aftir the batails were done there remayned a perpetuall vastite & desolacion.

1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 49 Hauing warre and discorde as the causes of destruction, vastity and penurye.

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. C2 Finding nothing but emptinesse and vastitie.

1618 J. Taylor Pennyles Pilgr. in Wks. (1630) 130/2 Hee therefore did replenish the vaustity of my empty purse.

1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman viii. 69 Earthquakes..vpon the face of the Earth, raising of it in one place, leauing gulfes and Vastitie in another.

1651 ‘A. B.’ tr. L. Lessius Sir Walter Rawleigh's Ghost 174 The army of the Gentiles causing desolation, and vastity, shall..destroy the City.

2. The quality of being vast or immense; vastness, vastitude.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > vast extent

widenessc1225

largenessa1400

ampleness1509

breadth1532

spaciousness1587

vastness1602

vastity1603

vastiditya1616

spaciosity1620

vastitude1623

latitude1650

immensity1797

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 345 In considering the clowdy vastitie and gloomie canapies of our churches.

1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells i. 4 Th' unbounded Sea and Vastitie of shore, All these expresse a Godhead to adore.

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ddd2* The dead Sea, because of its vastity..remains almost immovable.

in extended use.1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea iii. 255 This [Kingdom] of Cyprus is sufficient to satiate the vastitie of these thoughts.1859 W. Adolph Simplicity of Creation p. xi The fifth had read a great part of my work, admired the vastity of physical knowledge embodied therein.

3. A vast or immense space. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > vast extent > that which is

latitude?a1475

sea1585

ocean1590

vasture1596

vast1604

vastity1652

vastness1674

immense1791

breadths1839

vastitude1841

Atlantic1865

wide1916

1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 17 Witness the manie sandie parts of Africa and the immense vastities of the new world.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	vastity
释义	vastityn. /ˈvɑːstɪti//ˈvastɪti/ Forms: Also 1600s vaustity. Etymology: < Latin vastitās or French vastité (= Italian vastità , Spanish vastedad ): see vast adj. and adv. and -ity suffix. Now rare. †1. The fact or quality of being desolate, waste, void, or empty. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [noun] > deserted condition desertnessa1400 desolationc1460 deserta1500 vastity1545 desolatenessa1626 wastefulness1674 desertedness1818 desertion1876 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (ix.) f. 162^v Aftir the batails were done there remayned a perpetuall vastite & desolacion. 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 49 Hauing warre and discorde as the causes of destruction, vastity and penurye. 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. C2 Finding nothing but emptinesse and vastitie. 1618 J. Taylor Pennyles Pilgr. in Wks. (1630) 130/2 Hee therefore did replenish the vaustity of my empty purse. 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman viii. 69 Earthquakes..vpon the face of the Earth, raising of it in one place, leauing gulfes and Vastitie in another. 1651 ‘A. B.’ tr. L. Lessius Sir Walter Rawleigh's Ghost 174 The army of the Gentiles causing desolation, and vastity, shall..destroy the City. 2. The quality of being vast or immense; vastness, vastitude. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > vast extent widenessc1225 largenessa1400 ampleness1509 breadth1532 spaciousness1587 vastness1602 vastity1603 vastiditya1616 spaciosity1620 vastitude1623 latitude1650 immensity1797 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 345 In considering the clowdy vastitie and gloomie canapies of our churches. 1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells i. 4 Th' unbounded Sea and Vastitie of shore, All these expresse a Godhead to adore. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ddd2* The dead Sea, because of its vastity..remains almost immovable. in extended use.1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea iii. 255 This [Kingdom] of Cyprus is sufficient to satiate the vastitie of these thoughts.1859 W. Adolph Simplicity of Creation p. xi The fifth had read a great part of my work, admired the vastity of physical knowledge embodied therein. 3. A vast or immense space. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > vast extent > that which is latitude?a1475 sea1585 ocean1590 vasture1596 vast1604 vastity1652 vastness1674 immense1791 breadths1839 vastitude1841 Atlantic1865 wide1916 1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 17 Witness the manie sandie parts of Africa and the immense vastities of the new world. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1545
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