Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fallal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fal-lal
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece of ribbon worn as a streamer.

noun

Any trifling ornament.

Dated

Example Sentences

"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."
"I should be ashamed to coddle myself as you do! And yet I am old. I need looking after. And there! there! fitting up gowns! fallals!"
"He would pay her bills, you know, and even that with a good deal of reluctance and asking what she wanted all those fal-lals for—so like a man—"

Etymology

Perhaps an alteration of falbala (“furbelow”), from French.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

fallals (plural) fal-lal (alternative)

Derived Forms

fallalery fallalishly

Synonyms

bangle bauble gaud gewgaw novelty trinket

Questions

What does fallal mean?: A piece of ribbon worn as a streamer.
Where does fallal come from?: It is traced to French.

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