Etymology

flam

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Today it means: A freak or whim; an idle fancy. Full definition →

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flam · noun, verb1

17th century; from flim-flam, itself perhaps from a dialectal word or Scandinavian; compare Old Norse flim (“lampoon, mockery”).

flam · noun, verb2

Imitative.

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