fanfaluca

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