vastitude
Americannoun
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vastness; immensity.
the vastitude of his love for all humankind.
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a vast expanse or space.
the ocean vastitude.
noun
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the condition or quality of being vast
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a vast space, expanse, extent, etc
Etymology
Origin of vastitude
From the Latin word vastitūdō, dating back to 1535–45. See vast, -i-, -tude
Example Sentences
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The city's restless vastitude soon undermines his ambition; he is unable to write his novel, is too frequently in need of sleep.
From Time Magazine Archive
The crowd found it almost impossible to see across the vastitude.
From Time Magazine Archive
Five years in narrow walls had unfitted me for the enormous declivity of the stairway, for the vastitude of the prison yard.
From The Jacket (Star-Rover) by Jack London
There was a sense of deathlike passivity in the land, of overwhelming vastitude, of unconquerable loneliness.
From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Robert W. (Robert William) Service
On all other sides the flat-lands stretched out seeming to have no end, suggesting to the fancy that they were kin in vastitude to the clear expanse of the sky.
From The Bells of San Juan by Jackson Gregory
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