Eternal smiles his emptiness betray.
Pope.
The sins of emptiness, gossip, and spite.
Tennyson.
Emp"tion (?), n. [L. emptio, fr. emere to buy.] The act of buying. [R.] Arbuthnot.
Emp"tion*al (?), a. Capable of being purchased.
Emp"ty (?; 215), a. [Compar. Emptier (?); superl. Emptiest.] [AS. emtig, æmtig, æmetig, fr. æmta, æmetta, quiet, leisure, rest; of uncertain origin; cf. G. emsig busy.] 1. Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.
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2. Free; clear; devoid; -- often with of. "That fair female troop . . . empty of all good." Milton.