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