vasted

Vasted is a term of uncertain status in standard English. It is not commonly accepted as a verb or adjective in mainstream dictionaries, and its usage is largely nonstandard. In practice, vasted tends to appear as a creative or fictional coinage, as a capitalized proper noun, or as an experimental past tense form of the adjective vast used for stylistic effect rather than as a recognized grammatical form.

Etymology and linguistic notes

The base word vast comes from Latin vastus via Old French vaste. There is no widely attested English verb vast, so the form vasted is not part of conventional inflection. When encountered, vasted is typically an informal or neologistic construction rather than a historical or normative inflection.

Usage and contexts

As a common word, vasted is not used in ordinary prose. When it does appear, it is most often as a proper noun (for example, a place name or surname in a fictional or branded context) or as a deliberate, nonstandard coinage in creative writing to evoke archaic or experimental language. In such uses, vasted may be intended to convey “made vast” or “expanded,” but this sense is not established in standard grammar and relies on authorial invention.

See also

vast, vastness, expansion, neologism, creative writing.