fanon
/ˈfænən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.36 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Part of a bishop's mitre. They are the tabs extending down from the mitre, often with a cross near the end of each. See lappet.
noun
A maniple.
noun
Elements introduced by fans which are not in the official canon of a fictional world but are widely believed to be or treated as if canonical.
Slang; Uncountable
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "In this way, smaller groups within a fandom agree on readings which may be completely at odds with the canon, but which in time acquire legitimacy as fanon."
- "Loyalty is one aspect of Slytherin that canon and fanon readings technically agree on, but fans are significantly more sincere about this characterization."
- "So in a fandom as old as Austen's, how does fanon get created?"
Etymology
From Middle English fanon, fanoun, from Old French fanon, from Medieval Latin fanō, from Frankish *fano, from Proto-Germanic *fanô. Doublet of fane and vane.