Etymograph

English

fandangle

Perhaps an alteration of fandango, equivalent to fandango + -le (diminutive suffix); or influenced by dangle.

Formed from fandango + -le

Spanish fandango

English fandango

The story

Perhaps an alteration of fandango, equivalent to fandango + -le (diminutive suffix); or influenced by dangle. Alternatively, Geoffrey Dearson, in The Devonshire Dialect Dictionary (2022), suggests a blend of fandango + bangle.disputed Scholars disagree here; the competing view is quoted as the source gives it.

Today it means

noun A piece of nonsense or foolishness.

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