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Apr. 10, 2014

vastitude \VAS-ti-tood, -tyood, VAH-sti-\ noun 1. vastness; immensity: the vastitude of his love for all humankind. 2. a vast expanse or space: the ocean vastitude. Quotes He glances around him in a circular direction to indicate th... See full quote -- Raymond Queneau, translated by Barbara Wright, The Blue Flowers, 1965 Origin Vastitude is derived from the Latin word vastitūdō, a combination of vast, meaning "of great size" and the suffix -tude, which appears in abstract nouns like latitude. The connective vowel -i- is commonly used in compounds of Latin or Greek words.

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