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You have to be savvy to be a celebrity. You have to create a personality and shove that out. It just seems fatuous to me. Professionally, it's a good idea. But I can't do it.
Rupert Graves

Meaning of "fatuous" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FATUOUS

From Latin fatuus; related to fatiscere to gape.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FATUOUS

fatuous  [ˈfætjʊəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FATUOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fatuous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FATUOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fatuous

Stupidity

Stupidity is a lack of intelligence, understanding, reason, wit, or sense. Stupidity may be innate, assumed, or reactive – a defence against grief or trauma.

Definition of fatuous in the English dictionary

The definition of fatuous in the dictionary is complacently or inanely foolish.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FATUOUS


contemptuous
kənˈtɛmptjʊəs
continuous
kənˈtɪnjʊəs
fastuous
ˈfæstjʊəs
fructuous
ˈfrʌktjʊəs
impetuous
ɪmˈpɛtjʊəs
incestuous
ɪnˈsɛstjʊəs
infructuous
ɪnˈfrʌktjʊəs
lituus
ˈlɪtjʊəs
presumptuous
prɪˈzʌmptjʊəs
spirituous
ˈspɪrɪtjʊəs
sumptuous
ˈsʌmptjʊəs
tempestuous
tɛmˈpɛstjʊəs
theftuous
ˈθɛftjʊəs
torrentuous
təˈrentjʊəs
tortuous
ˈtɔːtjʊəs
tumultuous
tjuːˈmʌltjʊəs
unctuous
ˈʌŋktjʊəs
unfructuous
ʌnˈfrʌktjʊəs
untumultuous
ˌʌntjuːˈmʌltjʊəs
voluptuous
vəˈlʌptjʊəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FATUOUS

fattiest
fattily
fattiness
fatting
fattish
fattism
fattist
fattrels
fatty
fatty acid
fatty degeneration
fatty oil
fatty tissue
fatuities
fatuitous
fatuity
fatuously
fatuousness
fatwa
fatwood

WORDS THAT END LIKE FATUOUS

anfractuous
arduous
conspicuous
contiguous
deciduous
discontinuous
disingenuous
flatuous
inconspicuous
innocuous
promiscuous
sensuous
sinuous
strenuous
superfluous
tenuous
unambiguous
unpresumptuous
unvirtuous
virtuous

Synonyms and antonyms of fatuous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FATUOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fatuous» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fatuous

Translation of «fatuous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FATUOUS

Find out the translation of fatuous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fatuous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fatuous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

昏庸
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fatua
570 millions of speakers

English

fatuous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बुद्धिहीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أبله
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Глупое
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fátuo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বোকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

stupide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fungus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

albern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

愚かな
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

실체가
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fatuous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெற்றுக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मूर्खपणाचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

saçma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fatuo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

głupi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дурне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

plin de sine
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανόητες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sot
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fatuous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tåpelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fatuous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FATUOUS»

The term «fatuous» is regularly used and occupies the 58.168 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FATUOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fatuous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fatuous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fatuous

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QUOTES WITH «FATUOUS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fatuous.
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Rupert Graves
You have to be savvy to be a celebrity. You have to create a personality and shove that out. It just seems fatuous to me. Professionally, it's a good idea. But I can't do it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FATUOUS»

Discover the use of fatuous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fatuous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
And be it enacted, That in every Case in which any poor Person who shall have become chargeable in any Parish or Combination shall be insane or fatuous, the Parochial Board of such Parish or Combination shall, within Fourteen Days from  ...
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The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
... Curators, and other Guardians for Infants, Minors, Lunatics or Idiots, fatuous or furious Persons, or for Persons under any other Disability or Licapacity, Judicial Factors, Trustees or Feoffees in trust for charitable or other Purposes, Executors,  ...
Great Britain, 1845
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A collection of the public general statutes
Expences how to be defrayed. Lunatic may be removed on Application by Procurator Fiscal. take Evidence of the Condition of such furious or fatuous Person or Lunatic, and upon being satisfied that he or she is furious or fatuous, or a Lunatic, ...
Great Britain, 1841
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A Compendious Abstract of the Public General Acts of the ...
That it ahall be lawful for the Court before whom any person who shall be convicted of keepinga house for the reception and care or confinement of furious or fatuous persons or lunntics, or detaining thercin, or of receiving, concealing, ...
Great Britain, 1840
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A collection of the public general statutes passed in the ...
Expences how to be defrayed. Lunatic may be removed on Application by Procurator Fiscal. take Evidence of the Condition of such furious or fatuous Person or Lunatic, and upon being satisfied that he or she is furious or fatuous, or a Lunatic, ...
Great Britain, 1840
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The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Comprising Reports ...
That it shall he lawful for the Court hefore whom any person who shall he convicted of keeping a house for the reception and care or confinement of furious or fatuous persons or lunaties, or detaining therein, or of receiving, concealing, ...
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A BILL To constitute the Extra-parochial Parts of the Forest ...
And be it Enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Court before whom any person who shall be convicted of keeping a house lor the reception and care or confinement of furious or fatuous persons or lunatics, or detaining therein, or of receiving, ...
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Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
And be it Enacted, That after such Notice shall have been transmitted to the Minister of any Parish as aforesaid, the Kirk Session of every such Parish shall be bound and obliged, as often as any destitute fatuous and furious or insane Person ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1818
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I Always Look Up the Word Egregious
Try it yourself: You know the fairly simple word fatuous. It means "foolish, silly." Now use it in a sentence. You will probably find that you suddenly become self- conscious. You have to create a situation in which the word fatuous belongs.
Nurnberg, 1981
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THE SESSIONAL PAPERS PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, ...
( 3 ) College of Surgeons in Edinburgh or London, or from the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, or who has a Right to practise from, having served in the Army or Navy, forthwith to commit such furious or fatuous Person or  ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FATUOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fatuous is used in the context of the following news items.
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“Democrats are the real racists!”: Inside the GOP's pathetic …
If there is a more fatuous right wing trope than “Martin Luther King was a Republican” it has to be the utterly nonsensical line that Democrats are ... «Salon, Jul 15»
2
Can my secretary marry her sister?
this is a fatuous line of argument, which Charles Moore might realise if he could overcome his prejudices about homosexuality. Perhaps he ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Martin O'Malley's Wall Street White Paper Is Commendably Naive
No one is saying that we shouldn't be taking a look at high-frequency trading, but that is too fine a line to be walking without being fatuous. «DealBreaker, Jul 15»
4
She Collected Toy Soldiers
It's so secure, so fatuous, so conventional, so hypocritical. . . . I'd like to tweak away the chair just as it's going to sit down.” Her husband was a ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
5
Do Cuba's Economic Reforms Imply Inequality Will Grow?
The challenge should not lead us to paralyze changes in defense of simple 'egalitarianism,' that is to say, to adopt a fatuous radicalism that ... «Havana Times, Jul 15»
6
At the movies: July 10, 2015
Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts star as aging Generation X'ers who adopt the trappings of their fatuous new 20-something friends (Adam Driver, ... «Quad-Cities Online, Jul 15»
7
Bravo, Bravo Take A Bow
... with great menace, properly played the dirty, mean and nasty Bill Sikes, and Jacob Berginski who deftly portrayed the fatuous Mr. Bumble. «Pierce County Tribune, Jul 15»
8
The BBC's Shameful Film: “Children of the Gaza War”. Coverup of …
The title of this film is a clear hint of the propaganda to come, based, as ever, on the fatuous 'two sides' narrative. There was no 'war', only ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
9
How the feds can change air travel for the better right now
Both sides make fatuous arguments, of course. Airline defenders are at pains to explain how four carriers independently decided to restrain ... «Kansas City Business Journal, Jul 15»
10
KB Productions' latest effort gives us a leading lady we want to root for
The humor here is in watching Henderson enact Rayleen's fatuous persona, eventually arriving (we can only hope) at some self-awareness ... «Nashville Scene, Jul 15»

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