Fatuous

Fat′u-ous

,

Adj.

[L.

fatuus

.]

1.

Feeble in mind; weak; silly; stupid; foolish; fatuitous.

Glanvill.

2.

Without reality; illusory, like the ignis fatuus.

Thence

fatuous

fires and meteors take their birth.

Danham.

Fatuous

FAT'UOUS

,

Adj.

[L. fatuus.]

1.

Feeble in mind; weak; silly; stupid; foolish.

2.

Impotent; without force or fire; illusory; alluding to the ignis fatuus.

Thence fatuous fires and meteors take their birth.

fatuous

English

Adjective

fatuous ‎(comparative more fatuous, superlative most fatuous)

Obnoxiously stupid, vacantly silly, content in one's foolishness.
To compare the intelligence levels of men and women is itself fatuous.

Usage notes

Refers especially to foolishness and disregard of reality.

Synonyms

(obnoxiously stupid): childish, imbecilic, inane, insipid, puerile

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Translations

obnoxiously stupid, vacantly silly, content in one's foolishness

Armenian: տխմար (hy) ‎(txmar)
Bulgarian: глу́пав (bg) ‎(glúpav), безсми́слен (bg) ‎(bezsmíslen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 愚笨 (zh) ‎(yúbèn), 蠢的 (zh) ‎(chǔn de), 愚昧 (zh) ‎(yúmèi)
Dutch: dwaas (nl), onwijs (nl)
Estonian: kohtlane
Finnish: älytön (fi)
French: imbécile (fr), stupide (fr), niais (fr)
German: töricht (de), albern (de)

Greek: ανόητος (el) m ‎(anóitos), κουτός (el) m ‎(koutós)
Irish: baoth, díchéillí, amadánta, baothánta
Italian: fatuo (it)
Japanese: 愚かな (ja) ‎(おろかな, oroka na)
Latin: fatuus
Portuguese: fátuo (pt)
Russian: глу́пый (ru) ‎(glúpyj), дура́цкий (ru) ‎(duráckij), бессмы́сленный (ru) ‎(bessmýslennyj)
Scottish Gaelic: baoth, amaideach, gòrach
Spanish: fatuo (es)

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Fatuous

FAT'UOUS

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