fatuus
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- noun
- /ˈfætuəs/
- Offensive
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fatuo
- He was considered a fatuus by his peers for believing every conspiracy theory he heard.
- ignis fatuus
Examples
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The horses, decoyed by an ignis fatuus, are on a downward path half sunk in the swamp of India, and the criminally unshaven Fox and Jesuitical Burke make a pair much worse than the sum of its parts.
Academic text (1991) -
The crowd laughed at the fatuus who made silly jokes instead of serious comments.
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Despite his intelligence, his fatuus remarks during meetings often made him the target of jokes.
Synonyms
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9.5
A person who is foolish and makes silly mistakes
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A person who is foolish and not very smart
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A person who behaves foolishly and who others often insult with this word
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A person who does something foolish
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A rude name for a person who is very silly or not smart
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A person who behaves in a silly or stupid way
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A person who often does foolish things or makes simple mistakes
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A person who is not very smart
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A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
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A childish name used to call someone silly
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Someone who behaves in a silly or foolish way
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A person who acts silly or clumsy and makes others laugh
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A person who acts in a silly or stupid way
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A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
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A person who is foolish and easily tricked
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A person who is silly and not very clever
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9.9
A person who is not very smart
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9.9
A person who behaves in a foolish way
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9.5
A person who is silly and not serious
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A person who behaves in a foolish or silly way
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A silly or foolish person used as an Australian insult
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A person who is silly or clumsy, often used in Ireland
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A person who acts foolishly and lacks common sense
A person who is simple and easily fooled
An old word for a person who is foolish or slow to understand
A clumsy person who often makes silly mistakes
A person who is not very smart
A person who acts foolishly or forgets things
A person who acts silly or foolish
A rude name for people who act silly
A rude slang name for someone who acts foolish or makes silly mistakes
A word for a foolish person that people say as an insult
A foolish person who makes simple mistakes
A person who behaves in a silly way
A person who acts in a silly, foolish way
A foolish person who does silly things
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
A small, strange light that appears over wet ground and may lead people the wrong way
How Foolish
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fatuus as a noun comes from the Latin fatuus, meaning 'foolish' or 'stupid', and it was used in old writing to name 'a foolish person'.