fanfaluca
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Late Latin famfalūca, from Ancient Greek πομφόλυξ (pomphólux, “air bubble”). Cf. Old French fanfalue (“trifle”), French fanfreluche (“frill”).
Noun
[edit]fanfaluca f (plural fanfaluche)
- bubble
- nonsense, idle chatter
- whim, fancy
- (archaic) fragment of cinder rising from something that burns
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- fanfaluca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana