fatuity

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French fatuité. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /fəˈtjuːəti/ (General American) IPA(key): /fəˈtuːɪti/, [fəˈtuː.ɨ.ɾi] === Noun === fatuity (countable and uncountable, plural fatuities) Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity. Something fatuous; a stupid idea or utterance. ==== Related terms ==== fatuous ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “fatuity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “fatuity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.