fatuous

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adjective

foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.

unreal; illusory.

Origin:
1625–35; < Latin fatuus silly, foolish, idiotic; see -ous

Related forms

fat·u·ous·ly, adverb

fat·u·ous·ness, noun

Synonyms
1. dense, dull, dim-witted. See foolish.

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fatuous (ˈfætjʊəs)

—*adj*
	complacently or inanely foolish

[C17: from Latin fatuus; related to fatiscere to gape]

'fatuously

—*adv*

'fatuousness

—n

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Main Entry:	fatuous¹
Part of Speech:	adj
Definition:	inanely foolish and unintelligent; stupid
Etymology:	Latin fatuus 'foolish'

Main Entry:	fatuous²
Part of Speech:	adj
Definition:	illusory; delusive
Etymology:	Latin fatuus 'foolish'

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Word Origin & History

fatuous

c.1600, from L. fatuus "foolish, insipid," of uncertain origin. Related: Fatuously.

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Example sentences

It is as fatuous to deny the existence of evil as it is to toss the word around

irresponsibly.

If another reason is to effect education reform, the idea is fatuous.

Suddenly, the finesse, the astuteness behind the gaze that does not really gaze

is lost in a sea of fatuous prolixity.

It no longer is fatuous to predict an astonishing productivity harnessed to a

relative handful of workers.

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"Maybe I couldn't make it. Maybe I don't have a pretty smile, good teeth, nice tits, long legs, a cheeky arse, a sexy voice. Maybe I don't know how to handle men and increase my market value, so that the rewards due to the feminine will accrue to me. Then again, maybe I'm sick of the masquerade. I'm sick of pretending eternal youth. I'm sick of belying my own intelligence, my own will, my own sex. I'm sick of peering at the world through false eyelashes, so everything I see is mixed with a shadow of bought hairs; I'm sick of weighting my head with a dead mane, unable to move my neck freely, terrified of rain, of wind, of dancing too vigorously in case I sweat into my lacquered curls. I'm sick of the Powder Room. I'm sick of pretending that some fatuous male's self-important pronouncements are the objects of my undivided attention, I'm sick of going to films and plays when someone else wants to, and sick of having no opinions of my own about either. I'm sick of being a transvestite. I refuse to be a female impersonator. I am a woman, not a castrate."

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