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English
Etymology
Perhaps an alteration of falbala (“furbelow”), from French.
Noun
fallal (plural fallals)
- A piece of ribbon worn as a streamer.
- Any trifling ornament.
1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, Men's Wives, New York: D. Appleton & Company, page 122:Wherever she went she had, if not the finest, at any rate the most showy gown in the room; her ornaments were the biggest; her hats, toques, berets, marabouts, and other fallals, always the most conspicuous.
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Hungarian
Etymology
fal (“wall”) + -val (“with”, instrumental case ending)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: fal‧lal
Noun
fallal
- instrumental singular of fal