Fatuous 1100 Words You Need Week 40 Day 4
/ˈfæt.ju.əs/ (adj)
incorrect and stupid, silly, foolish, inane, idiotic, asinine, pointless, senseless, ridiculous, absurd, ludicrous, dumb, preposterous, unintelligent, childish, meaningless
At a cheese and wine party recently, my companion commented on the delicate aroma of strawberries wafting from his glass of wine. Someone nearby guffawed at the non-existent joke, and made an infantile comment that wine should surely smell of grapes.
He should have received a poke with a pointed wooden stick for making such a fatuous remark, but at the time I didn’t have one with me. Wine never smells of grapes. Well, not often anyway. Even my dogs know that. And yes, they’re very well thank you, since you asked.
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Antonym: sensible
Noun: fatuousness
Adverb: fatuously
