fa|tu|i|ty

fa|tu|i|ty «fuh TOO uh tee, -TYOO-», noun, plural -ties.

1. a) self-satisfied stupidity; folly; silliness: »

O strange fatuity of youth! (Thackeray).

SYNONYM(S): inanity. b) something exceedingly foolish.

2. Archaic. imbecility; idiocy.

╂[< Latin fatuitās < fatuus foolish]