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Definition of Inane
1. Adjective. Devoid of intelligence.
Similar to: Foolish
Derivative terms: Asininity, Fatuity, Fatuousness, Inanity, Mindlessness, Mindlessness, Vacuity, Vacuousness
Definition of Inane
1. a. Without contents; empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; characterless; useless.
2. n. That which is void or empty.
Definition of Inane
1. Adjective. Lacking sense or meaning (often implying, "to the point of boredom or annoyance"). ¹
2. Noun. That which is void or empty. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inane
1. nonsensical [adj INANER, INANEST] : INANELY [adv] / empty space [n -S] - See also: nonsensical
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inane
Literary usage of Inane
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"8. unsubstantial, vain, useless; spec, void, foolish, trivial, unsatisfying,
meaningless, frivolous, unfeeling, fruitless, senseless, insincere, inane, ..."
2. A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church by Augustine, Philip Schaff, John Chrysostom (1888)
"what more inane than I, if I think Truth anything inane, or so greatly seek after
aught ... R. Do you doubt that nothing is inane except the inane itself, ..."
3. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"Did he not so, our ocean, earth, and sky Were whirled before them through the
vast inane. But over-ruling Jove, of this in fear, Hid them in dungeon dark: ..."
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