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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

inanis

Without contents; empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; characterless; useless.

“Vague and inane instincts.”

I. Taylor.

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In-ane′ly

adv.

Noun.

That which is void or empty.

[R.]

The undistinguishable

inane

of infinite space.

Locke.

Adj.

[L. inanis, empty.] Empty; void; sometimes used as a noun, to express a void space.