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Word of the Day: FATUOUS

Jul 15, 2023

fatuous (adj) - foolish, silly, or inane

BREAKDOWN: FATU- (foolish) + -OUS (full of)

RELATED WORDS: fatuity is stupidity or foolishness (also fatuousness)

“Beavers bred in captivity, inhabiting a concrete pool, will, if given the timber, fatuously go through all the motions of damming an ancestral stream.” —Evelyn Waugh