fatuous

  • 31fatuous — adj. vacantly silly; purposeless, idiotic. Derivatives: fatuity n. (pl. ies). fatuously adv. fatuousness n. Etymology: L fatuus foolish …

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  • 32fatuous person — A silly person. In rare usage, an idiot …

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  • 33foolish, fatuous — These words, along with silly, simple, asinine, vapid, stupid, witless, and senseless, mean lacking in judgment or intelligence, or both and may ordinarily be used interchangeably. But they do have slightly different meanings and applications. A… …

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  • 34fatuus — Fatuous; foolish; idiotic; an idiot …

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  • 35fatuities — fatuous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ silly and pointless. DERIVATIVES fatuity noun (pl. fatuities) fatuously adverb fatuousness noun. ORIGIN Latin fatuus foolish …

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  • 36fatuity — fatuous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ silly and pointless. DERIVATIVES fatuity noun (pl. fatuities) fatuously adverb fatuousness noun. ORIGIN Latin fatuus foolish …

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  • 37fatuously — fatuous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ silly and pointless. DERIVATIVES fatuity noun (pl. fatuities) fatuously adverb fatuousness noun. ORIGIN Latin fatuus foolish …

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  • 38fatuousness — fatuous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ silly and pointless. DERIVATIVES fatuity noun (pl. fatuities) fatuously adverb fatuousness noun. ORIGIN Latin fatuus foolish …

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  • 39simple — adj 1 *pure, absolute, sheer Analogous words: elemental, *elementary: *single, sole Antonyms: compound: complex 2 *easy, facile, light, effortless, smooth Analogous words: clear, plain, distinct, obvious, * …

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  • 40silly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. witless, foolish, stupid, childish; fatuous, inane; senseless, absurd, ridiculous; stunned. See absurdity, credulity, folly. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. senseless, ridiculous, nonsensical, foolish,… …

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