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Word of the Day for Wednesday, August 19, 2009 furbelow \FUR-buh-low\, noun: 1. A pleated or gathered flounce on a woman's garment; a ruffle. 2. Something showy or superfluous; a bit of showy ornamentation. In a season of ruffles, frills and furbelows, simple cuts in neutral shades stand out. -- "Designers Head for Neutral Territory", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 27, 1997 Patience is required to get past some of the director's more baroque cinematic touches, decorating the story's dark center with visual furbelows . . . and aural gimmicks. -- Lisa Schwarzbaum, "Movies: The Evil That Men Do", Entertainment Weekly, October 23, 1998 It is a story that, for all its hyper-animatedness, all its flips and furbelows of style, is confusing and wearisome. -- Christine Stansell, "Details, Details", New Republic, December 10, 2001 Furbelow is perhaps an alteration of Italian faldella. Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for furbelow Yesterday's Word - Previous Words - Help
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