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French
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Adjective
farfelu (feminine farfelue, masculine plural farfelus, feminine plural farfelues)
- (of a person) eccentric, scatty
2015 August 28, Blandine Philippon, “Lot-et-Garonne : il faut sauver l’Orchestre du centre philharmonique”, in Le Télégramme:Richard Beswick est un drôle de loustic. Original, illuminé, fantasque, farfelu, on peut dire de lui tout ce que l’on veut, en tout cas il est habité.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (of an idea) ridiculous, harebrained
- Near-synonyms: loufoque, fantaisiste, ridicule
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