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fatuous
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
fatuous
(adjective)
fatuous
/
ˈ
fætʃuwəs/
adjective
fatuous
/
ˈ
fætʃuwəs/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of FATUOUS
[
more fatuous; most fatuous
]
:
foolish or stupid
fatuous
remarks
fatuous
notions
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— fatuously
adverb
— fatuousness
noun
[
noncount
]
the
fatuousness
of the remarks
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