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fa⋅tu⋅i⋅ty

  [fuh-too-i-tee, -tyoo-]
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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   (fə-tōō'ĭ-tē, -tyōō'-, fā-)   
n.   pl. fa·tu·i·ties

  1. Smug stupidity; utter foolishness.

  2. Something that is utterly stupid or silly.


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