fatuous

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fatuous

/ˈfæt.ju.əs/ UK
/ˈfæ.tʃu.əs/ US

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From Latin fatuus (“foolish, silly, simple”).

adjective more fatuous · most fatuous

Inanely stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness. Near-synonyms: vacuous; see also Thesaurus:stupid
Similar: vacuous, addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft, beefheaded, beetle-headed, birdbrained, blockheaded, Boeotian

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adj inanely stupid

Español	fatuo
日本語	愚かな oroka na
中文	愚笨 yúbèn, 蠢的 chǔn de, 愚昧 yúmèi
Português	fátuo
Français	imbécile, stupide, niais
Deutsch	töricht, albern
Italiano	fatuo
Ελληνικά	ανόητος anóitos, κουτός koutós
Русский	глу́пый glúpyj, дура́цкий duráckij, бессмы́сленный bessmýslennyj

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@misc{fatuous_2026,
  title = {fatuous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fatuous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}