Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

fatuity

 

complacent foolishness

 

The line between optimism and fatuity can be difficult to discern.

 

Related English words: fatuitous (complacently foolish), fatuous (fatuitous), fatuousness

 

Latin root words: fatuitas, fatuitatis, f. - foolishness, silliness; fatuus, fatua, fatuum - foolish, silly

 

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