fatuous

foolish

TRANSLATION

fatuous = albern, einfältig, illusorisch

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

At a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party on Wednesday, ex-ministers Frank Dobson and Glenda Jackson warned Mr Blair that he was a problem for Labour.

Mr Blair argued it was "FATUOUS" to suggest the government could not get its programme through with a majority of 66.

(BBC News - 12th MAy 2005)

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fat·u·ous

Etymology: Latin fatuus foolish

Date: 1633

: complacently or inanely foolish

SYNONYMS:

simple, asinine, inane, mindless, vacuous, witless, reasoningless

- fat·u·ous·ly adverb

- fat·u·ous·ness noun    

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