fatuity
/fəˈtjuːəti//fəˈtuːɪti/
fatuity noun: weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.
Noun
fatuity (countable and uncountable, plural fatuities)
- Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.
- 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...1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 21, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...
fatuity meaning in Urdu and Arabic
fatuity in Urdu
- بےوقوفی, خبط
fatuity in Arabic
- imbecility of mind; stupidity
- اَلْبَلَاهَة al-balāha
Forms of fatuity
| plural | fatuities |
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Origin of fatuity
Borrowed from Middle French fatuité.
Questions about fatuity
- What does fatuity mean?
- Fatuity means weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.
- What is fatuity in Urdu?
- Fatuity in Urdu is بےوقوفی, خبط. See Fatuity meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is fatuity?
- Fatuity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fatuity?
- Fatuity is pronounced /fəˈtjuːəti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of fatuity?
- The plural of fatuity is fatuities.
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