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 crowd found it almost impossible to see across the 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
I was confronted with the vastitude of the universe at once, without the ingratiating introduction of the fairy tale.
From Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets by Marsden Hartley
Under the fields of their vastitude, confronted by their infinity, Gloria, like thousands before, understood that man in fevered times is prone to turn to false gods.
From The Everlasting Whisper by Jackson Gregory
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
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