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- Latin · borrowed frominānis“empty, vain, useless”
- English todayinane
From Latin inānis (“empty, vain, useless”), of unknown origin.
Words from the same roots
Latininānis all →
inaniloquent
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
inane
Today it means: Lacking sense or meaning, often to the point of boredom or annoyance. Full definition →
Latin inānis