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Vacuüm

//ˈvækjuːəm// noun

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Noun

1
Alternative spelling of vacuum. alt-of, alternative, rare
"Franklin Roosevelt was showing that democracy was capable of taking care of its own; the New Deal was filling the vacuüm of faith which we had inherited from the cynicism and complacency of the twenties, and from the breadlines of the early thirtees."

Etymology

From Dutch vacuüm, from Latin vacuum, the substantive neuter of the adjective vacuus (“empty”); spelt with a diæresis added to specify the trisyllabic pronunciation [ˈvæ.kjuː.əm] (as opposed to the disyllabic * [ˈvæ.kjuːm]).

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