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fiddle-faddle

[ fid-l-fad-l ]

noun

  1. something trivial.


verb (used without object)

fiddle-faddled, fiddle-faddling.
  1. to fuss with trifles.

interjection

  1. (used to express irritation, impatience, etc.)

fiddle-faddle

/ ˈɪəˌæə /

noun

  1. trivial matter; nonsense
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to fuss or waste time, esp over trivial matters
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈھ-ˌڲ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ھd-ڲd noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fiddle-faddle1

First recorded in 1570–80; gradational compound based on fiddle
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fiddle-faddle1

C16: reduplication of fiddle
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“I’ll bet you my whole store it’s a matter of time before everyone starts buying cheap fiddle-faddle from SmartMart rather than paying a little more for something from their own neighbors.”

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The music shifts between passages of slippery, out-of-focus tonal harmonies and episodes of rustic dance, like tart, fractured fiddle-faddle.

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Another is a restless outburst of modernistic fiddle-faddle.

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He said one day to me, "Why don't you give up your fiddle-faddle of geology and zoology, and turn to the occult sciences?"

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I should like to know what we have in common with that little fiddle-faddle Dresden china clock and shepherdesses upon the mantel-piece!

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