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

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

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fat·u·ous    Audio Help   [fach-oo-uhs] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.foolish or inane, esp. in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.
2.unreal; illusory.
[Origin: 1625–35; < L 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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fat·u·ous    Audio Help   (fāch'ōō-əs)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Foolish or silly, especially in a smug or self-satisfied way: "'Don't you like the poor lonely bachelor?' he yammered in a fatuous way" (Sinclair Lewis). See Synonyms at foolish.


[From Latin fatuus.]

fat'u·ous·ly adv., fat'u·ous·ness n.
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fatuous 
1608, from L. fatuus "foolish, insipid," of uncertain origin.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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fatuous

adjective
devoid of intelligence [syn: asinine] 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Fatuous

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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