Definition for FAT'U-OUS

FAT'U-OUS, a. [L. fatuus. Class Bd, No. 2, 6, 63.]

  1. Feeble in mind; weak; silly; stupid; foolish. Glanville.
  2. Impotent; without force or fire; illusory; alluding to the ignis fatuus. Thence fatuous fires and meteors take their birth. Denham.

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