fatuity

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fatuity

/fəˈtjuːəti/ UK
/fəˈtuːɪti/ US
[fəˈtuː.ɨ.ɾi] US

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Borrowed from Middle French fatuité.

noun fatuities

countable, uncountable Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.
countable, uncountable Something fatuous; a stupid idea or utterance. 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 r

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noun imbecility of mind; stupidity

العربية	اَلْبَلَاهَة al-balāha

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"fatuity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fatuity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"fatuity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fatuity.

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@misc{fatuity_2026,
  title = {fatuity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fatuity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}