FATUITY

absurdity, fatuity, fatuousness, silliness

(noun) a ludicrous folly; “the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown’s behavior”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

fatuity (countable and uncountable, plural fatuities)

Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.

Something fatuous; a stupid idea or utterance.

Source: Wiktionary


Fa*tu"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. fatuitas, fr. fatuus foolish: cf. F. fatuité Cf. Fatuous.]

Definition: Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity. Those many forms of popular fatuity. I Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SUBDUCTION

(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate


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