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