Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Emptiness

Emptiness , noun

[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; as, 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