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
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 Service, Robert W. (Robert William)
Beyond this, there was no ray in all the vastitude of night that surrounded me; save that, far in the North, that soft, mistlike glow still shone.
From The House on the Borderland by Hodgson, William Hope
Let drift the helm, Let drive the sail, dare unconfined Embark for the vastitude, O Mind, Of an absolute bliss!
From Robert Browning: How to Know Him by Phelps, William Lyon
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