vastitude

[ vas-ti-tood, -tyood, vah-sti- ]

noun

1. vastness; immensity:

   the vastitude of his love for all humankind.

2. a vast expanse or space:

   the ocean vastitude.

vastitude

/ ˈvɑːstɪˌtjuːd /

noun

1. the condition or quality of being vast
2. a vast space, expanse, extent, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of vastitude¹

From the Latin word vastitūdō, dating back to 1535–45. See vast, -i-, -tude

Example Sentences

Consolidations, trade agreements, and his activities on the directorates of other Chace interests, have kept hard-driving Mr. Graustein busy day and night, but now the industrial empire of which he is chancellor is approaching romantic vastitude.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

He would have been incapable of slicing a cross-section clean through the vastitude of human life, of seeing it whole, and of representing the appalling intricacy of its interrelations.

From Project Gutenberg

He would have been incapable of slicing a cross-section clean through the vastitude of human life, of seeing it whole, and of representing the appalling intricacy of its interrelations.

From Project Gutenberg