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inane (adj.)
1660s, "empty, void," from Latin
inanis
or else a back-formation from
inanity
(q.v.). Sense of "silly, empty-headed" is from 1819. Related:
Inanely
. Bailey's Dictionary (1731) has
inaniloquent
"given to empty talk."
