fatuitous

American  

[fuh-too-i-tuhs, -tyoo-] / fəˈtu ɪ təs, -ˈtyu- /

adjective

1. complacently stupid; foolish.

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Other Word Forms

• fatuitousness noun
• unfatuitous adjective
• unfatuitously adverb

Etymology

Origin of fatuitous

First recorded in 1725–35; fatuit(y) + -ous

Example Sentences

If, in spite of all these discouragements, those powers were mad or fatuitous enough to meditate such an enterprise, have they any reason to believe that it could succeed?

From Celebration in Baltimore of the Triumph of Liberty in France by Wirt, William

Entering into its emptiness, frivolity, and falsehood, with a spirit inspired by scorn and impatience, I took my revenge on this "fat," by making him as fatuitous as I possibly could.

From Villette by Brontë, Charlotte

On such theistic principles all sin must be simply defect, and all defect must be absolutely fatuitous.'

From Beulah by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)

His subject is not "The Rape of the Sabines," but "The Apotheosis of Homer," academic but not academically fatuitous.

From French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture by Brownell, W. C. (William Crary)

Neither did she shed a single tear, but the vacant light of her eyes had stamped a fatuitous expression on her features that was melancholy and heartbreaking beyond all power of language to describe.

From Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William