vacuousadj.

Brit.

/ˈvakjʊəs/, U.S.

/ˈvækjəwəs/

Etymology: < Latin vacuus empty, void, free, clear, etc. (compare vacuum n.) + -ous suffix.

†1. Not properly filled out or developed. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] > unready or immature

green?a1300

rawa1398

indigest1398

unmatured?a1425

unripea1500

unseasonable1515

unbuilded1519

inchoate1534

unripened1561

uncivil1572

unmellowed1573

unmanured1577

unblown1587

ungrown1593

unpolished1594

rudimental1597

rude1600

unsalted1602

unseasoned1602

unlicked1612

embryon1613

unbakeda1616

unbloweda1616

unfledged1615

unmellow1615

sappya1627

embryous1628

unconcocteda1631

unkneaded1633

immature1635

sucking1648

vacuous1651

embryo1659

unelaborate1663

unmature1673

unformed1689

undeveloped1736

infantile1772

uncultivated1796

unelaborated1817

fetal1820

embryotic1823

embryonic1825

embryonary1833

sophomoric1837

seedling1843

rudimentary1851

unwrought1869

juvenescent1875

vealy1890

under-developed1892

1651 M. Smalwood in W. Cartwright Comedies sig. **3^v False vacuous Births in every street we see, But seldome, true and ripen'd, such as He.

a. Empty of matter; not occupied or filled with anything solid or tangible.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > [adjective] > absolutely empty (of space)

emptyOE

void?1523

vacuous1656

vacuitous1766

chasmy1855

1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. vi. 53 It were impossible for one body to make another to recede, if the triple dimension,..were vacuous.

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 226 Wil they say that these Atomes were introduced or produced in this vacuous space in time?

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature IV. 3 He contended, that thunder or sound would not be able to pass through walls,..unless there were some vacuous spaces in those bodies.

1813 T. Busby in tr. Lucretius Nature of Things II. vi. Comm. p. xxiii He notices many natural circumstances which..demonstrate the vacuous natures of all substances.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xxiv. 356 The water..is not able to fill it, hence a vacuous space must be formed in the cell.

b. Empty of air or gas; in which a vacuum has been produced.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > gas > air > [adjective] > under pressure > in which a vacuum has been produced

vacuous1682

vacuumized1942

1682 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech.: 2nd Pt. 158 I put Pears bruised into a vacuous Receiver.

1842 E. A. Parnell Elements Chem. Anal. (1845) 490 The difference between its weight when containing the gas, and when vacuous.

1862 W. R. Grove On Correlation Physical Forces (ed. 4) 59 No air is given off from the bubbles, so they seem to be vacuous.

1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 233 In incandescent lamps the electric current heats up a carbon filament inclosed in a vacuous globe.

c. Botany. Not containing some part or feature usually present.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > appearance of plant > form of plant or that has parts of particular shape > [adjective] > not containing some part usually present

vacuous1866

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1199/2 Bracts which usually support flowers are said to be vacuous when they have no flower in their axils.

d. Empty of any visible object.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [adjective] > empty of visible objects

void?1523

objectless1798

vacuous1877

blank-looking1881

1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 255 As the flies of a summer day dart from point to point in the vacuous air.

a. Empty of ideas; unintelligent; expressionless. Cf. vacant adj. 5.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > [adjective]

unwittyc1000

heartlessa1382

meana1387

conceitless?c1425

insensuat1508

insensate1528

insensible?1531

miskenning1533

unsensible1560

witless1562

unfraught1587

unconceiving1593

stupid1595

small-knowing1598

surd1601

ununderstanding1611

unapprehensible1613

unperceiving?1623

unapprehensive1624

inapprehending1652

incomprehensive1652

inapprehensive1653

impenetrative1684

blind1692

uncomprehensive1694

unpenetrating1701

unmeaning1704

vacant1712

gilly-gaupus1754

unacute1775

unapprehending1794

unpenetrative1795

unwitted1828

uncomprehending1838

irrecognizant1845

vacuous1848

incomprehending1881

mush-headed1884

wantwit1894

doofus1967

acerebral1968

brain-dead1972

goofus1981

1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs x. 42 A vacuous, solemn..Snob.

1883 Standard 2 Jan. 5/2 The absence of anxiety..leaves their minds vacuous.

1889 Times 26 Oct. 9/1 That gift of oppressive familiarity which by some vacuous people is taken to indicate..sterling sense.

in combination.1895 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Grey Lady (1899) i. iii. 28 He was rather a vacuous-looking young man.

b. Indicative of mental vacancy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > thought > absence of thought > [adjective]

unfurnished1549

vacant1579

thoughtless1594

thoughtfree1652

unthinking1688

incogitative1690

incogitant1702

fanciless1753

vacuous1854

1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1855) II. iii. 25 With that vacuous leer which distinguishes his lordship.

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table vi. 162 These negative faces with their vacuous eyes and stony lineaments.

1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xx. 326 There was a cheery, vacuous, smiling expression on his round face.

in combination.1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times I. v. 116 A huge white-headed, vacuous-eyed man was to be seen.

4. Devoid of content or substance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [adjective]

emptya1225

sleevelessc1450

dumb1531

insensible1538

senseless1579

weetless1579

unsignificant1603

surd1605

matterless1612

unmeaning1632

non-significative1633

brute1642

shelly1648

insignificant1651

insignificative1660

unsignificative1664

unsignifying1665

unsensed1667

meaningless1728

bilka1734

meanless1734

inexpressive1744

unideal1751

unexpressive1755

idealess1793

unsuggestive1797

tenorless1821

themeless1840

nonsensible1851

inarticulate1855

purportless1865

expressionless1871

vacuous1872

contentless1886

unmeaningful1897

1872 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. Sept. 266 The vacuous monotonous desire and discontent, the fitful and febrile beauty of Alfred de Musset.

1879 W. D. Howells Lady of Aroostook (1883) I. 45 Mrs. Erwin wrote an epistolary style exasperatingly vacuous and diffuse.

5. Unoccupied, idle, indolent; not filled up with any (profitable) employment or activity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [adjective] > characterized by lack of occupation

idle1297

vacant1615

vacuous1872

1872 J. Morley Voltaire vii. 334 It cannot for ever be tolerable that the mass should wear away their lives in unbroken toil without hope or aim, in order that the few may live selfish and vacuous days.

1897 Rev. of Reviews 37 There are many rich people who..lead such mean and vacuous lives.

Derivatives

ˈvacuously adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > [adverb]

unsensibly1565

insensiblya1603

brainlessly1610

heartlessly1611

unmeaningly1789

vacantly1839

mindlessly1857

uncomprehendingly1858

vacuously1860

insensately1863

incomprehendingly1885

the mind > mental capacity > thought > absence of thought > [adverb]

parrot-like1575

parrot-fashion1839

vacuously1860

1860 All Year Round 30 Dec. 283 He had..a broad fair face, rather vacuously good natured in its ordinary expression.

1880 Daily Tel. 14 Feb. So there he stood, with his hands in his pockets,..gazing vacuously at the fighting and rough play.

ˈvacuousness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > [noun] > absolute emptiness of space > quality or state of

vacuousness1648

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [noun]

insolidity1578

emptiness1579

insignificancy1651

no-meaning1672

insignificance1754

inexpression1796

inexpressiveness1815

vacuousness1816

unmeaningness1825

unmeaning1839

pointlessness1845

non-significance1846

meaninglessness1853

unsuggestiveness1858

unexpressiveness1885

nonsense1942

1648 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia i. 352 In that vacuousness the winds and vapors of tediousness and displicence rise.

1816 J. Gilchrist Philos. Etymol. 226 The mistiness and vacuousness of abstract expression.

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

单词	vacuous
释义	vacuousadj. Brit. /ˈvakjʊəs/, U.S. /ˈvækjəwəs/ Etymology: < Latin vacuus empty, void, free, clear, etc. (compare vacuum n.) + -ous suffix. †1. Not properly filled out or developed. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] > unready or immature green?a1300 rawa1398 indigest1398 unmatured?a1425 unripea1500 unseasonable1515 unbuilded1519 inchoate1534 unripened1561 uncivil1572 unmellowed1573 unmanured1577 unblown1587 ungrown1593 unpolished1594 rudimental1597 rude1600 unsalted1602 unseasoned1602 unlicked1612 embryon1613 unbakeda1616 unbloweda1616 unfledged1615 unmellow1615 sappya1627 embryous1628 unconcocteda1631 unkneaded1633 immature1635 sucking1648 vacuous1651 embryo1659 unelaborate1663 unmature1673 unformed1689 undeveloped1736 infantile1772 uncultivated1796 unelaborated1817 fetal1820 embryotic1823 embryonic1825 embryonary1833 sophomoric1837 seedling1843 rudimentary1851 unwrought1869 juvenescent1875 vealy1890 under-developed1892 1651 M. Smalwood in W. Cartwright Comedies sig. *3^v False vacuous Births in every street we see, But seldome, true and ripen'd, such as He. 2. a. Empty of matter; not occupied or filled with anything solid or tangible. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [adjective] > absolutely empty (of space) emptyOE void?1523 vacuous1656 vacuitous1766 chasmy1855 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos.* II. vi. 53 It were impossible for one body to make another to recede, if the triple dimension,..were vacuous. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 226 Wil they say that these Atomes were introduced or produced in this vacuous space in time? 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature IV. 3 He contended, that thunder or sound would not be able to pass through walls,..unless there were some vacuous spaces in those bodies. 1813 T. Busby in tr. Lucretius Nature of Things II. vi. Comm. p. xxiii He notices many natural circumstances which..demonstrate the vacuous natures of all substances. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xxiv. 356 The water..is not able to fill it, hence a vacuous space must be formed in the cell. b. Empty of air or gas; in which a vacuum has been produced. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > [adjective] > under pressure > in which a vacuum has been produced vacuous1682 vacuumized1942 1682 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech.: 2nd Pt. 158 I put Pears bruised into a vacuous Receiver. 1842 E. A. Parnell Elements Chem. Anal. (1845) 490 The difference between its weight when containing the gas, and when vacuous. 1862 W. R. Grove On Correlation Physical Forces (ed. 4) 59 No air is given off from the bubbles, so they seem to be vacuous. 1892 Photogr. Ann. II. 233 In incandescent lamps the electric current heats up a carbon filament inclosed in a vacuous globe. c. Botany. Not containing some part or feature usually present. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > appearance of plant > form of plant or that has parts of particular shape > [adjective] > not containing some part usually present vacuous1866 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1199/2 Bracts which usually support flowers are said to be vacuous when they have no flower in their axils. d. Empty of any visible object. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [adjective] > empty of visible objects void?1523 objectless1798 vacuous1877 blank-looking1881 1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 255 As the flies of a summer day dart from point to point in the vacuous air. 3. a. Empty of ideas; unintelligent; expressionless. Cf. vacant adj. 5. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > [adjective] unwittyc1000 heartlessa1382 meana1387 conceitless?c1425 insensuat1508 insensate1528 insensible?1531 miskenning1533 unsensible1560 witless1562 unfraught1587 unconceiving1593 stupid1595 small-knowing1598 surd1601 ununderstanding1611 unapprehensible1613 unperceiving?1623 unapprehensive1624 inapprehending1652 incomprehensive1652 inapprehensive1653 impenetrative1684 blind1692 uncomprehensive1694 unpenetrating1701 unmeaning1704 vacant1712 gilly-gaupus1754 unacute1775 unapprehending1794 unpenetrative1795 unwitted1828 uncomprehending1838 irrecognizant1845 vacuous1848 incomprehending1881 mush-headed1884 wantwit1894 doofus1967 acerebral1968 brain-dead1972 goofus1981 1848 W. M. Thackeray Bk. Snobs x. 42 A vacuous, solemn..Snob. 1883 Standard 2 Jan. 5/2 The absence of anxiety..leaves their minds vacuous. 1889 Times 26 Oct. 9/1 That gift of oppressive familiarity which by some vacuous people is taken to indicate..sterling sense. in combination.1895 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Grey Lady (1899) i. iii. 28 He was rather a vacuous-looking young man. b. Indicative of mental vacancy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > absence of thought > [adjective] unfurnished1549 vacant1579 thoughtless1594 thoughtfree1652 unthinking1688 incogitative1690 incogitant1702 fanciless1753 vacuous1854 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1855) II. iii. 25 With that vacuous leer which distinguishes his lordship. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table vi. 162 These negative faces with their vacuous eyes and stony lineaments. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xx. 326 There was a cheery, vacuous, smiling expression on his round face. in combination.1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times I. v. 116 A huge white-headed, vacuous-eyed man was to be seen. 4. Devoid of content or substance. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [adjective] emptya1225 sleevelessc1450 dumb1531 insensible1538 senseless1579 weetless1579 unsignificant1603 surd1605 matterless1612 unmeaning1632 non-significative1633 brute1642 shelly1648 insignificant1651 insignificative1660 unsignificative1664 unsignifying1665 unsensed1667 meaningless1728 bilka1734 meanless1734 inexpressive1744 unideal1751 unexpressive1755 idealess1793 unsuggestive1797 tenorless1821 themeless1840 nonsensible1851 inarticulate1855 purportless1865 expressionless1871 vacuous1872 contentless1886 unmeaningful1897 1872 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. Sept. 266 The vacuous monotonous desire and discontent, the fitful and febrile beauty of Alfred de Musset. 1879 W. D. Howells Lady of Aroostook (1883) I. 45 Mrs. Erwin wrote an epistolary style exasperatingly vacuous and diffuse. 5. Unoccupied, idle, indolent; not filled up with any (profitable) employment or activity. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [adjective] > characterized by lack of occupation idle1297 vacant1615 vacuous1872 1872 J. Morley Voltaire vii. 334 It cannot for ever be tolerable that the mass should wear away their lives in unbroken toil without hope or aim, in order that the few may live selfish and vacuous days. 1897 Rev. of Reviews 37 There are many rich people who..lead such mean and vacuous lives. Derivatives ˈvacuously adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > [adverb] unsensibly1565 insensiblya1603 brainlessly1610 heartlessly1611 unmeaningly1789 vacantly1839 mindlessly1857 uncomprehendingly1858 vacuously1860 insensately1863 incomprehendingly1885 the mind > mental capacity > thought > absence of thought > [adverb] parrot-like1575 parrot-fashion1839 vacuously1860 1860 All Year Round 30 Dec. 283 He had..a broad fair face, rather vacuously good natured in its ordinary expression. 1880 Daily Tel. 14 Feb. So there he stood, with his hands in his pockets,..gazing vacuously at the fighting and rough play. ˈvacuousness n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [noun] > absolute emptiness of space > quality or state of vacuousness1648 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [noun] insolidity1578 emptiness1579 insignificancy1651 no-meaning1672 insignificance1754 inexpression1796 inexpressiveness1815 vacuousness1816 unmeaningness1825 unmeaning1839 pointlessness1845 non-significance1846 meaninglessness1853 unsuggestiveness1858 unexpressiveness1885 nonsense1942 1648 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia i. 352 In that vacuousness the winds and vapors of tediousness and displicence rise. 1816 J. Gilchrist Philos. Etymol. 226 The mistiness and vacuousness of abstract expression. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1648
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