6 definitions found for folderol

folderol n 1: nonsensical talk or writing [syn: folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop]

folderol also falderal noun Etymology: fol-de-rol, a nonsense refrain in songs Date: circa 1820 1. a useless ornament or accessory ; trifle 2. nonsense

folderol
var. of FALDERAL.

folderol var. of FALDERAL.

Folderol Fol"de*rol`, n. Nonsense. [Colloq.]

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