英['fætʃuəs]美['fætʃuəs]
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来自拉丁语fatuus，愚蠢的，无味的。可能进一步来自PIE*bhat，击，打，词源同beat，batten委婉语，脑子出问题的。
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小知识
Fatuous means lacking intelligence. When your mother outlaws calling your brother stupid, use fatuous instead.
Fatuous derives from the Latin fatuus meaning “foolish.” It sounds like it should have something to do with being fat, but it actually has no relation to size. Fatuus itself comes from a root that also gave us “debate” and this might be a good way to remember it. You want to debate someone who's fatuous, because they are unintelligent, silly and even a bit conceited, so they probably won't be very persuasive debaters. Just don't call them fatuous to their face. Even if they don't know what it means, it's just not nice!
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词根 fatu= silly 笨 fatuity n. 愚蠢，愚昧 fatu 笨 + ity 具备某种性质，状况 → 愚蠢，愚昧 fatuous adj. 昏庸的 fatu 笨 + ous 有…性质的，关于…的 → 昏庸的 infatuate v. 使糊涂；使迷恋 in 使… + fatu 笨 + ate 使… → 使糊涂；使迷恋 infatuation n. 热恋；着迷 infatuat 迷恋 + ion 动作或状态 → 热恋；着迷