Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
That which is void or empty.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryLacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance. · Purposeless; pointless.
From Latin inānis (“empty, vain, useless”), of unknown origin.
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- Borrowed-form mentioninānisla · empty, vain, useless
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