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Definition of Empty words
1. Noun. Loud and confused and empty talk. "Mere rhetoric"
Generic synonyms: Bunk, Hokum, Meaninglessness, Nonsense, Nonsensicality
Derivative terms: Palaver
Lexicographical Neighbors of Empty Words
Literary usage of Empty words
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1847)
"Mr. Pitt's letter designated by the King " an Essay containing empty words and
little information." lord had been performing his duty to his sovereign and ..."
2. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"... but a web of empty words "And reasons vain, nor dost thou shake at all " My
heart's resolve. Come, let us haste away!" He answered so, and summoned to ..."
3. The History of the French Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl (1844)
"I want no empty words : my soldiers have been massacred ; I must take signal
vengeance." The two envoys reverted to the circum-. stances which had obliged ..."
4. Chips from a German Workshop by Friedrich Max Müller, Christian Karl Josias Bunsen (1890)
"There is as yet no outward difference between full and empty words in Chinese,
and this renders it all the more creditable to the grammarians of China that ..."
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