vastity

1 of 2

noun (1)

vas·​ti·​ty

-stətē,

-ətē,

-i

plural -es

archaic

: a waste or desolate condition

his nature inclining to peace, by which his country might enjoy plenty, hating war and discord, as the causes of vastity and penury

—J. B. Planché

vastity

2 of 2

noun (2)

"

plural -es

: vastitude

the dreadful vastity of the stars

—Rose Macaulay

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle French vastité, from Latin vastitat-, vastitas, from vastus empty, waste + -itat-, -itas -ity

Noun (2)

Latin vastitas, from vastus vast + -itas -ity

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