fatuous
/ˈfætʃəwəs/FA-chuh-wuhs
/ˈfætʃəwəs/FA-chuh-wuhs
Meaningfoolish
Common meaning: silly and pointless
- fatufoolishLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 730 · scan
- ousadjective ending: full of, having
Journey through time
- Latinfatuus, -a, -um‘foolish’
- Englishfatuous‘silly and pointless’ · today
fatu also in: infatuate
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin fatuus ‘foolish’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry fatuus, p. 730 · dictionary scan
Roots
- fatuus, -a, -um Latin “foolish”
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