2. Lack of seriousness; aimlessness; frivolity.
[1913 Webster]
3. An inane, useless thing or pursuit; a vanity; a silly object; -- chiefly in pl.; as, the inanities of the world. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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