in|an|i|ty

in|an|i|ty «ihn AN uh tee», noun, plural -ties.

1. lack of sense or ideas; silliness. SYNONYM(S): frivolity; senselessness.

2. a silly or senseless act, practice, or remark: »

The Mufti is a little man with a sweetly importuning face who imparts these inanities…in the soft voice of the True Believer (Harper's).

3. emptiness. SYNONYM(S): vacuity, void.