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fa·tu·i·ty

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–noun, plural -ties.

1.	complacent stupidity; foolishness.

2.	something foolish; bêtise.

[Origin: 1530–40; < L fatuitās. See fatuous, -ity

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fa·tu·i·ty Audio Help (fə-tōō'ĭ-tē, -tyōō'-, fā-) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. fa·tu·i·ties

Smug stupidity; utter foolishness.
Something that is utterly stupid or silly.

[Latin fatuitās, from fatuus, silly, foolish.]

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fatuity
noun
a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior" [syn: absurdity]

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Fatuity

Fa*tu"i*ty\, n. [L. fatuitas, fr. fatuus foolish: cf. F. fatuit['e] Cf. Fatuous.] Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.

Those many forms of popular fatuity. --I Taylor.

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