Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fandangle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fan-dan-gle
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A piece of nonsense or foolishness.

noun

A trinket or ornament.

Etymology

Perhaps an alteration of fandango, equivalent to fandango + -le (diminutive suffix); or influenced by dangle. Alternatively, Geoffrey Dearson, in The Devonshire Dialect Dictionary (2022), suggests a blend of fandango + bangle.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fandango

Inflected Forms

fandangles (plural)

Synonyms

also: Thesaurus:trinket

Questions

What does fandangle mean?: A piece of nonsense or foolishness.
Where does fandangle come from?: Perhaps an alteration of fandango, equivalent to fandango + -le (diminutive suffix); or influenced by dangle. Alternatively, Geoffrey Dearson, in The Devonshire Dialect Dictionary (2022), suggests a blend of fandango + bangle.

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