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单词 vastitude
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vastitude

[ vas-ti-tood, -tyood, vah-sti- ]
/ ˈvæs tɪˌtud, -ˌtyud, ˈvɑ stɪ- /
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noun

vastness; immensity: the vastitude of his love for all humankind.
a vast expanse or space: the ocean vastitude.

Origin of vastitude

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

Words nearby vastitude

vassalize, Vassar, vast, Västerås, Vasthi, vastitude, vastity, vastly, vastus, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis
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Example sentences from the Web for vastitude

  • Five years in narrow walls had unfitted me for the enormous declivity of the stairway, for the vastitude of the prison yard.

    The Jacket (The Star-Rover)|Jack London
  • And I, for one, and for still other reasons, congratulate myself upon the vastitude of my good fortune.

    The Mutiny of the Elsinore|Jack London
  • “Ah,” Walter Merritt Emory murmured, with a vastitude of confidence and assurance.

    Michael, Brother of Jerry|Jack London
  • I was confronted with the vastitude of the universe at once, without the ingratiating introduction of the fairy tale.

    Adventures in the Arts|Marsden Hartley

British Dictionary definitions for vastitude

vastitude
/ (ˈvɑːstɪˌtjuːd) /

noun rare

the condition or quality of being vast
a vast space, expanse, extent, etc
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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