foofarawadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈfuːfərɔː/, U.S.

/ˈfufəˌrɑ/,

/ˈfufəˌrɔ/

Forms: 1800s fofarow, 1800s fofarraw, 1800s– fofarrow, 1900s– fofaraw, 1900s– fofurraw, 1900s– foofara, 1900s– foofarah, 1900s– foofaral, 1900s– foofarar, 1900s– foofaraw, 1900s– foofarow, 1900s– foofarrah, 1900s– foofarraw, 1900s– foofarrow, 1900s– fooferaw, 1900s– foofoorah, 1900s– foofooraw, 1900s– fooforah, 1900s– forfarraw, 1900s– forforraw, 1900s– froofraw, 1900s– froufraw, 1900s– frufraw, 1900s– fuforaw, 1900s– fufurraw.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: French fanfaron; Spanish fanfarrón.

Etymology: < (i) French fanfaron (adjective) boastful (1668; 1609 as noun in sense ‘braggart’; compare French regional fanfarou ), and its etymon (ii) Spanish fanfarrón (adjective) ostentatious, vain, arrogant, (noun) braggart, show-off (1555; 1514 as panfarrón ), of imitative origin (compare fanfare n.). Compare earlier fanfaron n.Forms in fr- are probably influenced by frou-frou n.

North American colloquial.

A. adj.

U.S. regional (western). Fussy, vain; (also) gaudy, tawdry. Now historical and rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > flashiness or gaudiness > [adjective] > tawdry

tinsel1595

gingerbread1631

tawdry1676

frippish1787

tinselly1811

specious1816

gingerbready1845

foofaraw1848

twopence coloured1859

tarty1918

tartish1929

tatty1940

the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > vanity > [adjective]

self-liking1580

self-loved1590

self-admiring1592

self-loving1593

self-liked1599

glass-gazing1608

coxcombly1610

self-admired1621

coxcombical1649

self-idolizing1649

vain1692

flashy1693

vaunty1724

coxcombic1730

self-idolized1766

narcissine1805

foofaraw1848

vanitous1900

narcissistic1915

narcistic1918

dicty1920

narcissist1934

1848 G. F. Ruxton Life in Far West in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 719/1 Them white gals are too much like picturs, and a deal too ‘fofarraw’ (fanfaron).

1941 L. D. Baldwin Keelboat Age 97 She had no business acting so fofarrow for she was just a yaller gal.

1947 A. B. Guthrie Big Sky 265 Too fofaraw, them bourgeways..are.

1984 A. L. Waldo Sacajawea (rev. ed.) lii. 1176 I've never laid on such a foofaraw bed in all my days.

B. n. Originally U.S. regional (western).

1. Trinkets or gaudy apparel; (in later use also) frivolous trappings or accoutrements.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > cheap or gaudy > gewgaw or trinket > collectively

trifling?1544

trinklement1582

gallantry1687

fegary1724

knick-knackery1801

trinketry1810

feminality1840

foofaraw1848

baublery1850

pretty-prettya1882

slum1929

1848 G. F. Ruxton Life in Far West in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 138/1 With both his better halves attired in all the glory of fofarraw, he went his way rejoicing.

1850 L. H. Garrard Wah-to-Yah 105 You've got so much ‘fofarraw’ stuck 'bout you, this child didn't savvy at fust!

1948 J. Baumann Old Man Crow's Boy 37 By then he..had formed the habit of trading furs..to Tatum at the store for fuforaw for his family, as well as supplies and traps.

1966 J. H. Giles Great Adventure 98 No squaw wanted any other squaw to have more than she did, in beads and shells and paint and foofooraw.

1981 P. C. Newman Canad. Establishm. (1990) II. i. 156 It has a four-car garage, a tennis court, adjoining servants' suites, floodlit gardens, and a lot more outdoor foofaral.

1995 N.Y. Times 30 July xi. 1/4 The same car but without such niceties as polished wooden picnic tables in the back seat and similar foofaraw.

2. Ostentation. Also: fuss; commotion, uproar; = brouhaha n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > (an) ostentatious display

pompc1330

vaunterya1492

pomping pridec1503

braga1513

flaunt-a-flaunt1576

plume1580

affecting1584

top and topgallant1593

ruffle1609

parado1621

riota1649

flutter1667

show1713

sprunk1746

to make a splash1804

show-off1811

paraffle1816

shine1819

splurge1828

gaud1831

spludge1831

poppy-show1860

razzle1885

razzmatazz1917

foofaraw1933

showbiz1970

glitz1977

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > (a) noisy

rippit?1507

hubbleshowa1525

burlinga1533

hubble-shubblec1550

burle1563

coil1567

hirdy-girdy1568

riff-raff1582

rut1607

hubbuba1625

clutter1656

sputter1673

splutter1677

rattle1688

rumpus1745

ree-raw1797

bobbery1816

trevally1819

stramash1821

nitty1822

hell's delight1823

pandemonium1827

oration1828

Bob's-a-dying1829

hubbaboo1830

reerie1832

circus1869

tow-row1877

ruaille buaille1885

brouhaha1890

foofaraw1933

bangarang1943

bassa-bassa1956

1933 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 26 Mar. 7/1 A kinship born..of a common humor, and a common liking for the kind of theatrical display which Andy contemptuously calls ‘foofaraw’.

1935 N.Y. Times 5 Aug. 14/5 This august assemblage of the powers of earth, with its pomp and circumstance, its foofaraw and medicine-making.

1954 Time 1 Mar. 88/2 The Vatican's recent decision..set off a foofaraw of petion-drafting [read petition-drafting], letter-signing, and complaining.

1989 G. Anderson in New Q. Mag. Spring 34 The food isn't what you'd think, in spite of all the foofara about Greek cooking.

2004 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 316/1 I have no idea how the later-summer foofaraw caused by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth played out.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	foofaraw
释义	foofarawadj.n. Brit. /ˈfuːfərɔː/, U.S. /ˈfufəˌrɑ/, /ˈfufəˌrɔ/ Forms: 1800s fofarow, 1800s fofarraw, 1800s– fofarrow, 1900s– fofaraw, 1900s– fofurraw, 1900s– foofara, 1900s– foofarah, 1900s– foofaral, 1900s– foofarar, 1900s– foofaraw, 1900s– foofarow, 1900s– foofarrah, 1900s– foofarraw, 1900s– foofarrow, 1900s– fooferaw, 1900s– foofoorah, 1900s– foofooraw, 1900s– fooforah, 1900s– forfarraw, 1900s– forforraw, 1900s– froofraw, 1900s– froufraw, 1900s– frufraw, 1900s– fuforaw, 1900s– fufurraw. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: French fanfaron; Spanish fanfarrón. Etymology: < (i) French fanfaron (adjective) boastful (1668; 1609 as noun in sense ‘braggart’; compare French regional fanfarou ), and its etymon (ii) Spanish fanfarrón (adjective) ostentatious, vain, arrogant, (noun) braggart, show-off (1555; 1514 as panfarrón ), of imitative origin (compare fanfare n.). Compare earlier fanfaron n.Forms in fr- are probably influenced by frou-frou n. North American colloquial. A. adj. U.S. regional (western). Fussy, vain; (also) gaudy, tawdry. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > flashiness or gaudiness > [adjective] > tawdry tinsel1595 gingerbread1631 tawdry1676 frippish1787 tinselly1811 specious1816 gingerbready1845 foofaraw1848 twopence coloured1859 tarty1918 tartish1929 tatty1940 the mind > emotion > pride > self-esteem > vanity > [adjective] self-liking1580 self-loved1590 self-admiring1592 self-loving1593 self-liked1599 glass-gazing1608 coxcombly1610 self-admired1621 coxcombical1649 self-idolizing1649 vain1692 flashy1693 vaunty1724 coxcombic1730 self-idolized1766 narcissine1805 foofaraw1848 vanitous1900 narcissistic1915 narcistic1918 dicty1920 narcissist1934 1848 G. F. Ruxton Life in Far West in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 719/1 Them white gals are too much like picturs, and a deal too ‘fofarraw’ (fanfaron). 1941 L. D. Baldwin Keelboat Age 97 She had no business acting so fofarrow for she was just a yaller gal. 1947 A. B. Guthrie Big Sky 265 Too fofaraw, them bourgeways..are. 1984 A. L. Waldo Sacajawea (rev. ed.) lii. 1176 I've never laid on such a foofaraw bed in all my days. B. n. Originally U.S. regional (western). 1. Trinkets or gaudy apparel; (in later use also) frivolous trappings or accoutrements. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > cheap or gaudy > gewgaw or trinket > collectively trifling?1544 trinklement1582 gallantry1687 fegary1724 knick-knackery1801 trinketry1810 feminality1840 foofaraw1848 baublery1850 pretty-prettya1882 slum1929 1848 G. F. Ruxton Life in Far West in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 138/1 With both his better halves attired in all the glory of fofarraw, he went his way rejoicing. 1850 L. H. Garrard Wah-to-Yah 105 You've got so much ‘fofarraw’ stuck 'bout you, this child didn't savvy at fust! 1948 J. Baumann Old Man Crow's Boy 37 By then he..had formed the habit of trading furs..to Tatum at the store for fuforaw for his family, as well as supplies and traps. 1966 J. H. Giles Great Adventure 98 No squaw wanted any other squaw to have more than she did, in beads and shells and paint and foofooraw. 1981 P. C. Newman Canad. Establishm. (1990) II. i. 156 It has a four-car garage, a tennis court, adjoining servants' suites, floodlit gardens, and a lot more outdoor foofaral. 1995 N.Y. Times 30 July xi. 1/4 The same car but without such niceties as polished wooden picnic tables in the back seat and similar foofaraw. 2. Ostentation. Also: fuss; commotion, uproar; = brouhaha n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [noun] > (an) ostentatious display pompc1330 vaunterya1492 pomping pridec1503 braga1513 flaunt-a-flaunt1576 plume1580 affecting1584 top and topgallant1593 ruffle1609 parado1621 riota1649 flutter1667 show1713 sprunk1746 to make a splash1804 show-off1811 paraffle1816 shine1819 splurge1828 gaud1831 spludge1831 poppy-show1860 razzle1885 razzmatazz1917 foofaraw1933 showbiz1970 glitz1977 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] > (a) noisy rippit?1507 hubbleshowa1525 burlinga1533 hubble-shubblec1550 burle1563 coil1567 hirdy-girdy1568 riff-raff1582 rut1607 hubbuba1625 clutter1656 sputter1673 splutter1677 rattle1688 rumpus1745 ree-raw1797 bobbery1816 trevally1819 stramash1821 nitty1822 hell's delight1823 pandemonium1827 oration1828 Bob's-a-dying1829 hubbaboo1830 reerie1832 circus1869 tow-row1877 ruaille buaille1885 brouhaha1890 foofaraw1933 bangarang1943 bassa-bassa1956 1933 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 26 Mar. 7/1 A kinship born..of a common humor, and a common liking for the kind of theatrical display which Andy contemptuously calls ‘foofaraw’. 1935 N.Y. Times 5 Aug. 14/5 This august assemblage of the powers of earth, with its pomp and circumstance, its foofaraw and medicine-making. 1954 Time 1 Mar. 88/2 The Vatican's recent decision..set off a foofaraw of petion-drafting [read petition-drafting], letter-signing, and complaining. 1989 G. Anderson in New Q. Mag. Spring 34 The food isn't what you'd think, in spite of all the foofara about Greek cooking. 2004 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 316/1 I have no idea how the later-summer foofaraw caused by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth played out. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1848
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