INANE
What does "INANE" mean?
Silly, empty, or lacking sense or meaning.
Meanings
- Silly, pointless, or devoid of substance. The meeting dissolved into inane chatter about parking spaces.
- Empty or void; without contents. He stared into the inane dark of the empty hangar. archaic
Did you know?
- 'Inane' originally meant simply 'empty' (Latin 'inanis'); the modern sense of 'silly' is literally being empty of sense or content.
Word origin
From Latin 'inanis' (empty, void, worthless); the same root gives 'inanity' and the noun 'inane' used for empty space or the void.
Remember it
INANE is 'IN A vacuum' - empty space, no substance, just air.
What it teaches
What we call inane is rarely harmless; empty talk still fills the hour you can't get back.
Quick facts
What does INANE mean?
Silly, empty, or lacking sense or meaning.
Is INANE a valid word?
Yes — INANE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is INANE?
INANE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does INANE come from?
From Latin 'inanis' (empty, void, worthless); the same root gives 'inanity' and the noun 'inane' used for empty space or the void.
What can INANE teach us?
What we call inane is rarely harmless; empty talk still fills the hour you can't get back.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.