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with Anu Gargfatuous
PRONUNCIATION:
(FACH-oo-uhs)
MEANING:
adjective:
Foolish or inane, especially in a complacent and smug manner.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin fatuus (foolish). Earliest recorded use: 1633.
USAGE:
"You know it's patronising because every five minutes there is an utterly
fatuous remark dressed up as profundity."Amol Rajan; When Women Aren't on Top; The Independent (London, UK); Oct 13, 2010. See more usage examples of fatuous in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person. -William Somerset Maugham, writer (1874-1965)
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