FATUITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fatuity mean? 

• FATUITY (noun)
  The noun FATUITY has 1 sense:

1. a ludicrous folly

  Familiarity information: FATUITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FATUITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ludicrous folly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

absurdity; fatuity; fatuousness; silliness

Context example:

the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior

Hypernyms ("fatuity" is a kind of...):

folly; foolishness; unwiseness (the trait of acting stupidly or rashly)

Derivation:

fatuous (extremely silly or stupid)

 Context examples 

“I don't know all I have done, in my fatuity,” said Mr. Wickfield, putting out his hands, as if to deprecate my condemnation.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)