Etymology

fifinella

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Today it means: A female gremlin. Full definition →

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The story

Name of a character in a proposed Disney movie of The Gremlins, a novel by Roald Dahl. Variously taken to mean a female gremlin in general, or the name of a specific one. Roald Dahl got the name from the name of a racehorse; see Fifinella (horse).

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