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William Hupy
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vacuous

Postby William Hupy » Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:11 am

This means empty, from the Latin word, vacuus, which means..........empty. And, of course, a vacuum is..........empty! But, wait, there is more. "Vacuus" is related to "vacare", which means "be empty". But still more, as the Latin word vanus, for empty or void gave us "vain". Think of vain, vacuous persons, but then I repeat myself.
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Re: vacuous

Postby Perry Lassiter » Thu Jan 08, 2015 7:32 pm

In play, I most often see the word used as you did referring to empty headed people, or air-heads.
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