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vastus.

Empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert.

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[ˈwaːs.tʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈvas.tus]
  1. Empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert.

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2 · literally
  2. Empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert. Uncultivated, unpolished, rude, rough, harsh.

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2 · figuratively · literally
  3. Desolate, deserted, made lonely.

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
  4. Wasted by destruction, laid waste, ravaged, devastated, destroyed.

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
  5. Vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous. (of size) Immense, enormous, prodigious, vast. (of degree)

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
  6. Vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous. (of size) Insatiable.

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2 · figuratively
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *wāstos, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)weh₂-stos, from *h₁weh₂- (“empty, wasted”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *wāstos (“empty”) and Proto-Germanic *wōstaz (whence English waste, German Wüste) and related to Latin vānus and vacō.

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