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Polysemaniacs cannot read or hear the word fatuous without conjuring up some image or other of fatness, possibly a paunchy wise-guy at a party.

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  1. adjective Foolish or silly, especially in a smug or self-satisfied way: "'Don't you like the poor lonely bachelor?' he yammered in a fatuous way” (Sinclair Lewis). See Synonyms at foolish.

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  • Polysemaniacs cannot read or hear the word fatuous without conjuring up some image or other of fatness, possibly a paunchy wise-guy at a party. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XII No 3
  • Why did it always have to show its fatuous, grinning self and make garbage of other-wise simple decisions? —  Sentenced To Prism
  • "That still doesn't absolve you from a fatuous, unauthorized raid," Crosse said coldly. —  Noble House
  • I am here to balance that bit of fatuous -- fatuous suck-upping! " —  The Jawa Report
  • The word fatuous has a suggestible: fat. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XII No 3
 

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idiotic ·  childish ·  foolish ·  naive ·  smug ·  irrational ·  maudlin ·  superstitious ·  thoughtless ·  condescend ·  egotistical ·  insolent
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  1. From Latin fatuus.

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  1. = Spanish Portuguese Italian fatuo, from Latin fatuus, foolish, simple, silly, rarely insipid, tasteless (hence, through this sense, ult. English fade, a., q. v.); as a noun, fatuus, feminine fatua, a fool, a professional jester.
 

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