Fatuity

//fəˈtuːɪti// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a ludicrous folly wordnet
  3. 3
    Something fatuous; a stupid idea or utterance. countable, uncountable

    "Like Joel Miller’s friend, the Senior Wrangler, who bowed to the audience from his box at the play, because he and the king happened to enter the theatre at the same time, only with a fatuity by no means so agreeable to himself, poor Arthur Pendennis felt perfectly convinced that all England would remark the absence of his name from the examination-lists, and talk about his misfortune."

Synonyms

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absurdityabsurdityaimlessnessasininitybattinessblank mind

Example

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"Like Joel Miller’s friend, the Senior Wrangler, who bowed to the audience from his box at the play, because he and the king happened to enter the theatre at the same time, only with a fatuity by no means so agreeable to himself, poor Arthur Pendennis felt perfectly convinced that all England would remark the absence of his name from the examination-lists, and talk about his misfortune."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French fatuité.

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