Emp"ti*ness, n. [From Empty.]
1.
The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.
2.
Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; the emptiness of earthly glory.
3.
Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind.
Eternal smiles his emptiness betray.
Pope.
The sins of emptiness, gossip, and spite.
Tennyson.
© Webster 1913.