obstinance, stupidity, foolishness, nonsense (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
anematiliztli. tochedad o necedad. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 6r. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.