fatuity

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French fatuité.

Pronunciation

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Noun

fatuity (countable and uncountable, plural fatuities)

Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.
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)
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Irish: baothántacht f, amadántacht f
Latin: stultitia f

References

“fatuity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
“fatuity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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