different between fatuous vs outre

English

Etymology

From Latin fatuus (“foolish, silly, simple”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?fæt.ju.?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fæt?.u.?s/

Adjective

fatuous (comparative more fatuous, superlative most fatuous)

1. Obnoxiously stupid, vacantly silly, content in one's foolishness.
   • 2004, Frank Tallis, Love Sick: Love as a Mental Illness (page 46)

     A fatuous love affair can easily result in a fatuous marriage. A couple who hardly know each other and, indeed, may not even really like each other, make a commitment that has little chance of being honoured.

Synonyms

• (obnoxiously stupid): childish, imbecilic, inane, insipid, puerile

Related terms

• fatuity
• fatuously
• fatuousness
• infatuate

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u??t?e?/

Adjective

outre

1. Alternative spelling of outré

Anagrams

• Toure, outer, rouet, route, utero-

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ut?/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin uter, utris.

Noun

outre f (plural outres)

1. goatskin, wine skin, water skin

Etymology 2

From Old French oltre, inherited from Latin ultra. Doublet of ultra-.

Preposition

outre

1. as well as, besides, on top of

Derived terms

• en outre
• outrecuider
  • outrecuidance
• outre-mer
• outre mesure
• outre-Meuse
• outre que
• outrer
  • outrage
• passer outre

Anagrams

• route, routé, troue, troué

Further reading

• “outre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).