fanfaluca

Italian

Etymology

From Latin famfaluca, from Ancient Greek πομφόλυξ (pomphólux, “air bubble”).

Noun

fanfaluca f (plural fanfaluche)

  1. a bubble
  2. nonsense, idle chatter
  3. whim, fancy
  4. (archaic) fragment of cinder rising from something that burns

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