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fiasco|fiːˈæskəʊ|
[a. (in sense 2 through F.) It. fiasco (see flask) lit. ‘a flask, bottle’.
The fig. use of the phrase far fiasco (lit. ‘to make a bottle’) in the sense ‘to break down or fail in a performance’ is of obscure origin; Italian etymologists have proposed various guesses, and alleged incidents in Italian theatrical history are related to account for it.]
‖1. A bottle, flask.
1887Athenæum 12 Nov. 635/3 A fiasco of good Chianti could be had for a paul.
2. A failure or break-down in a dramatic or musical performance. Also in a general sense: An ignominious failure, a ‘mull’.
1855Ld. Lonsdale in Croker Papers (1884) III. xxix. 325 Derby has made what the theatrical people call a fiasco. 1868M. Pattison Academ. Org. vii. 329 We have lately had some rude reminders..in the fiasco of our railway system, &c. 1879Farrar St. Paul II. 347 They would take care that he should cause no second fiasco by turning their theologic jealousies against each other. |