fatuity

fatuity

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French fatuité.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fəˈtjuː.ə.ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /fəˈtuː.ɨ.ti/, [fəˈtuː.ɨ.ɾi]

Noun

fatuity (countable and uncountable, plural fatuities)

1. Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.
2. Something fatuous; a stupid idea or utterance.

Related terms

• fatuous

Translations

imbecility of mind; stupidity

Arabic: اَلْبَلَاهَة‎ (al-balāha) Bulgarian: глупост (bg) f (glupost) Georgian: სისულელე (sisulele)

Irish: baothántacht f, amadántacht f Latin: stultitia f

References

• fatuity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• fatuity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.