Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FU'TILE, a. [Fr.; L. futilis, from futio, to pour out; effutio, to prate or babble; Heb. and Ch. בטא, to utter rashly or foolishly. Class Bd, No. 2, 6, 15.]

1. Talkative; loquacious; tattling. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. Trifling; of no weight or importance; answering no valuable purpose; worthless.
3. Of no effect.