fatuous
adjUK /ˈfæt.ju.əs/ · US /ˈfæ.tʃu.əs/
Etymology From Latin fatuus (“foolish, silly, simple”).
1
Obnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.
- A fatuous love affair can easily result in a fatuous marriage. A couple who hardly know each other and, indeed, may not even really like each other, make a commitment that has little chance of being honoured.2004, Frank Tallis, Love Sick: Love as a Mental Illness, page 46:
- While much publicity is given to fatuous 'reversing Beeching' ideas, the reality is that the real investment is focused on expanding the road network - [...].2020 December 2, Christian Wolmar, “Wales offers us glimpse of an integrated transport policy”, in Rail, page 56:
- Derived terms
- unfatuous
- Related terms
- fatuity, fatuously, fatuousness, infatuate