Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FAT'U-OUS
FAT'U-OUS, a. [L. fatuus. Class Bd, No. 2, 6, 63.]
- Feeble in mind; weak; silly; stupid; foolish. Glanville.
- Impotent; without force or fire; illusory; alluding to the ignis fatuus. Thence fatuous fires and meteors take their birth. Denham.
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