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Complete Definition of "fol-de-rol"

English

Alternative spellings
folderal, falderal or fal-de-ral

Noun
en-noun|sg=fol-de-rol

  1. Nonsense word traditional to English ballads and madrigals.
  2. A gaudy thing of little value; a trinket.
  3. Excessive efforts expended on a something trivial; much ado about nothing.

#: Fol-de-rol and fiddle dee dee and fiddley faddley foddle all the wishes in the world are poppy cock and twoddle. -- lyrics to Richard Rogers' Cinderella.

See also
Michael Quinion, ''World Wide Words''

ru:fol-de-rol

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