farfelu
French
FWOTD – 27 February 2021
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /faʁ.fə.ly/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Adjective
farfelu (feminine farfelue, masculine plural farfelus, feminine plural farfelues)
- (of a person) eccentric, scatty
- 2015 August 28, Blandine Philippon, “Lot-et-Garonne : il faut sauver l’Orchestre du centre philharmonique”, in Le Télégramme:
- Richard Beswick est un drôle de loustic. Original, illuminé, fantasque, farfelu, on peut dire de lui tout ce que l’on veut, en tout cas il est habité.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (of an idea) ridiculous, harebrained
- Near-synonyms: loufoque, fantaisiste, ridicule
Further reading
- “farfelu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
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