Definitions for fiddle-faddle

fiddle-faddle fid·dle-fad·dle

Spelling: [fid-l-fad-l]
IPA: /ˈfɪd lˌfæd l/

Fiddle-Faddle is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 207 anagrams from letters in fiddle-faddle (-addddeeffill).

Definitions for fiddle-faddle

noun

  1. nonsense.
  2. something trivial.

interjection

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

verb (used without object)

  1. to fuss with trifles.

Origin of fiddle-faddle

First recorded in 1570-80; gradational compound based on fiddle

Examples for fiddle-faddle

Dost thou think I will fiddle-faddle about myself like a woman?

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?"

Well might the merit of your passion be doubted, you say, if, like Mr. Solmes—fiddle-faddle!

Far better to teach your daughter to brew and bake than all the modern 'ologies' and fiddle-faddle in the world!

Do you hear it saying it could have excused her for that fiddle-faddle with a younger—a young lover?

Is she crying out her eyes over that piece of fiddle-faddle?

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!"

There's a lot of "fiddle-faddle" wrapped up in that word "inspiration."

He might indeed have been well designated as "a fiddle-faddle bit of sterling."

Word Value for fiddle-faddle
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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