Fatuous
Pronounced:
< fat-u-ouse >
Pronounced:
< fat-u-ouse >
Idiotic. Dull witted.
Daily use:
That was a fatuous email. It did not make any sense.
Literary use:
The Ambassadors
By Henry James
He would rather seem stupid any day than fatuous, and he drew back, as well, with a smothered inward shudder...
That was a fatuous email. It did not make any sense.
Literary use:
The Ambassadors
By Henry James
He would rather seem stupid any day than fatuous, and he drew back, as well, with a smothered inward shudder...
Memory trick:
fatuous
fatuous
fat (reminds of ) = fathom or understand
u (means) = you
ous (rhymes with) = us
cannot fathom you - us
Listen: Fatuous
u (means) = you
ous (rhymes with) = us
cannot fathom you - us
Listen: Fatuous
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