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▪ I. † ˈfatuate, ppl. a. Obs.
[ad. L. fatuāt-us, pa. pple. of fatuārī: see next.]
Used as equivalent to the later fatuated.
1601B. Jonson Poetaster v. iii, Crisp.—O—oblatrant—furibund—fatuate—strenuous. 1678R. R[ussell] Geber ii. i. ii. iii. 47 Their heads are fatuate and void of Humane Reason.
▪ II. fatuate, v. arch.|ˈfætjʊeɪt|
[f. L. fatuāt- ppl. stem of fatuārī to talk foolishly, f. fatuus foolish.]
intr. To become silly, to act foolishly.
Hence ˈfatuated ppl. a., rendered fatuous.
1656–81Blount Glossogr., Fatuate, to play the fool. 1692–1708in Coles. 1721–1800in Bailey. 1848Blackw. Mag. LXIV. 464 Full-grown infant pumpkins, fatuated, empty of anything solid or digestible. |