Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fatuity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fatuity \Fa*tu"i*ty\, n. [L. fatuitas, fr. fatuus foolish: cf.
F. fatuit['e] Cf. {Fatuous}.]
Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.
Those many forms of popular fatuity. --I Taylor.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fatuity
n : a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of
the clown's behavior" [syn: {absurdity}, {fatuousness}, {silliness}]
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