| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fa·tu·i·ty |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f -t   -t , -ty-, f - |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. fa·tu·i·ties
1. Smug stupidity; utter foolishness. 2. Something that is utterly stupid or silly. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin fatuit s, from fatuus, silly, foolish.
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