Vast

vast, adj. of great extent: very great in amount: very great in degree, mighty: ( Shak. ) vacant, desolate.— n. immensity: ( coll. ) a large quantity: ( Shak. ) the darkne of night.— ns. Vastid′ity ( Shak. ), immensity, desolation; Vas′titude .— adv. Vast′ly .— ns. Vast′ne ; Vas′tus , one of the great muscles upon the front of the thigh.— adj. Vas′ty , large, enormously great. [Fr. vaste —L. vast us , waste, vast; cf. A.S. wéste , waste.]