vastyadj.

/ˈvɑːsti/

/ˈvasti/

Etymology: < vast adj. and adv. + -y suffix¹.

Vast, immense. (In modern use after Shakespeare.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of vast extent

broadOE

sideOE

wideOE

largec1230

spaciousa1382

unridea1425

amplea1492

well-spreadc1540

main1548

overreaching1579

widespread1582

spacious1587

wide-spreading1587

scopeful1598

vasty1598

scopious1599

vast1600

worldwide1602

spaceful1621

dimensious1632

voluminousa1661

extensive1706

sheety1748

sweeping1772

extended1779

expansive1806

wide-spreaded1820

heaven-wide1835

spanless1847

rangy1898

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 51 I can cal spirits from the vasty deepe.

1605 Famous Hist. Capt. Stukeley sig. K3^v Which makes me..sorrow that thy valour should be sunke, In such a vasty vnknowne sea of Armes.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 330 I saw in a white-sandy ground divers vastie, craggie stones of strange formes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) ii. iv. 105 The poore Soules, for whom this hungry Warre Opens his vastie Iawes.

1792 R. Cumberland Calvary 182 Noah can tell How all the earth with violence was fill'd, Or e'er the fountains of the vasty deep Were broken up.1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 77 The feudal castle, the vasty Escorial, the rock-built alcazar.1867 E. F. Bull Ecce Coelum i. 10 Not a whisper, not a rustle, through all the vasty dome.figurative.1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 63 Yon pretty little star Shines on a vasty falsehood.1885 W. Pater Marius the Epicurean II. 48 Those vasty conceptions of the later Greek philosophy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vasty
释义	vastyadj. /ˈvɑːsti//ˈvasti/ Etymology: < vast adj. and adv. + -y suffix¹. Vast, immense. (In modern use after Shakespeare.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of vast extent broadOE sideOE wideOE largec1230 spaciousa1382 unridea1425 amplea1492 well-spreadc1540 main1548 overreaching1579 widespread1582 spacious1587 wide-spreading1587 scopeful1598 vasty1598 scopious1599 vast1600 worldwide1602 spaceful1621 dimensious1632 voluminousa1661 extensive1706 sheety1748 sweeping1772 extended1779 expansive1806 wide-spreaded1820 heaven-wide1835 spanless1847 rangy1898 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. i. 51 I can cal spirits from the vasty deepe. View more context for this quotation 1605 Famous Hist. Capt. Stukeley sig. K3^v Which makes me..sorrow that thy valour should be sunke, In such a vasty vnknowne sea of Armes. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 330 I saw in a white-sandy ground divers vastie, craggie stones of strange formes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) ii. iv. 105 The poore Soules, for whom this hungry Warre Opens his vastie Iawes. View more context for this quotation 1792 R. Cumberland Calvary 182 Noah can tell How all the earth with violence was fill'd, Or e'er the fountains of the vasty deep Were broken up.1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 77 The feudal castle, the vasty Escorial, the rock-built alcazar.1867 E. F. Bull Ecce Coelum i. 10 Not a whisper, not a rustle, through all the vasty dome.figurative.1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 63 Yon pretty little star Shines on a vasty falsehood.1885 W. Pater Marius the Epicurean II. 48 Those vasty conceptions of the later Greek philosophy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1598
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