fandangle

noun informal

elaborate ornament
nonsense

Word Origin for fandangle

C19: perhaps from fandango

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Related Words for fandangle

embellishment, ornament, color, wreath, trinket, finery, design, ribbon, plaque, coloring, adornment, exaggeration, embroidery, ornamentation, frippery, jazz, doodad, frill, dingbat, accessory

Word Origin and History for fandangle

1835, Southern U.S., perhaps an alteration of fandango.