"fatuity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fəˈtjuːəti/ [UK], /fəˈtuːɪti/ [General-American], [fəˈtuː.ɨ.ɾi] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fatuity.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-fatuity.wav Forms: fatuities [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French fatuité. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|fatuité}} Middle French fatuité Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fatuity (countable and uncountable, plural fatuities)
  1. Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (imbecility of mind; stupidity): اَلْبَلَاهَة (al-balāha) (Arabic), глупост f’ (glupost) (Bulgarian), dwaasheid [feminine] (Dutch), სისულელე (sisulele) (Georgian), baothántacht [feminine] (Irish), amadántacht [feminine] (Irish), stultitia [feminine] (Latin), глу́пост (glúpost) [feminine] (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-fatuity-en-noun-l4y9Nrkf Disambiguation of 'imbecility of mind; stupidity': 97 3
  2. Something fatuous; a stupid idea or utterance. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fatuity-en-noun-4H1hXQfl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fatuous

Inflected forms

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