† fiddlecomeadj.
Obsolete.
Nonsensical, silly, trumpery.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > [adjective]
tooma1250
beggarly1526
trumpery1576
balductum1577
skimble-skamble1598
nonsense1621
warbling1621
flim-flam1631
nonsensical1645
unsensical1692
fiddlecome1697
waffling1698
mataeological1716
flummery1749
water-gruelish1788
slip-sloppish1797
twaddling1804
twaddle1830
twaddly1841
fee-faw-fumish1846
poppycock1852
boshy1860
twaddlesome1865
moonshiny1880
cockalorum1881
tommyrotic1894
crappy1928
ballsy1942
farkakte1960
1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse iv. 65 A fiddlecome Tale of a draggle-tail'd Girl.
1781 R. B. Sheridan Trip to Scarborough iv. i Do you think such a fine proper gentleman..cares for a fiddle~come tale of a child?
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