English → Latin
“sillily” in Latin
fatuusfoolish, silly, simple, stupid; insipid, tasteless; awkward, clumsy, unwieldystultusfoolish, fatuous, stupid, ill-consideredstolidusstupid, foolishineptusunsuitable; impertinent, improper, tasteless; senseless, sillyīnsulsusunsalted, flavorless; deprived of wit, not clever, dull, stupid, absurd; bungling, awkwardabsurdusdiscordant, harsh; incongruous, inconsistent, illogical; silly, stupid, senseless, absurd, worthlesspuerīlisboyish, youthful; immature, childishsubabsurdussomewhat absurdperabsurdusvery absurd
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sillily
fatue: stulte: stolide: inepte: inficete: insulse: absurde: pueriliter. Rather sillily, subabsurde: very sillily, perabsurde. SYN. in SILLY.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sillily?
- The usual Latin words for “sillily” are fatuus, stultus, stolidus; also ineptus, īnsulsus, absurdus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.