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furphy [furphy 词源字典]: "A rumour or story, especially one that is untrue or absurd", First World War: from the name painted on water and sanitary carts manufactured by the Furphy family of Shepparton, Victoria; during the war they became popular as a place where soldiers exchanged gossip, often when visiting the latrines.[furphy etymology, furphy origin, 英语词源]
flunkey: "A liveried manservant or footman", Mid 18th century (originally Scots): perhaps from flank in the sense 'a person who stands at one's flank'.
fajitas: "A dish of Mexican origin consisting of strips of spiced beef or chicken, chopped vegetables, and grated cheese, wrapped in a soft tortilla and often served with sour cream", Mexican Spanish, literally 'little strips'.
fromage frais: "A type of smooth soft fresh cheese, with the consistency of thick yogurt", French, literally 'fresh cheese'.
frenulum: "A small fold or ridge of tissue which supports or checks the motion of the part to which it is attached, in particular a fold of skin beneath the tongue, or between the lip and the gum", Early 18th century: modern Latin, diminutive of Latin frenum 'bridle'.
famished: "Extremely hungry", Late Middle English: past participle of the verb famish, from Middle English fame 'starve', from Old French afamer, based on Latin fames 'hunger'.
fundi: "An expert in a particular area", Perhaps originally Rhodesian (Zimbabwean) English, from Nguni umfundi 'learner'.
fantast: "An impractical, impulsive person; a dreamer", Late 16th century (formerly also as phantast): originally via medieval Latin from Greek phantastēs 'boaster', from phantazein or phantazesthai (see fantastic); in modern use from German Phantast.
flavin: "Any of a group of naturally occurring pigments including riboflavin. They have a tricyclic aromatic molecular structure", Mid 19th century: from Latin flavus 'yellow' + -in¹.
foramen magnum: "The hole in the base of the skull through which the spinal cord passes", Latin, 'large opening'.
fluence (1): "Mysterious, magical, or hypnotic power", Early 20th century: shortening of influence.
fluence (2): "A stream of particles crossing a unit area, usually expressed as the number of particles per second", Early 17th century (in the sense 'a flowing, a stream'): from French, from Latin fluentia, from fluere 'to flow'.
farceur: "A writer of or performer in farces", Late 17th century: French, from obsolete farcer 'act farces'.
figural: "another term for figurative", Late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin figuralis, from figura 'form, shape' (see figure).
fossette: " Anatomy , Zoology , and Palaeontology . A small pit, depression, or fossa in the surface of a solid structure, as in the crown of a tooth or the cuticle of an arthropod", Early 19th cent. From French fossette small pit or depression in the surface of a solid structure, kind of ulcer of the cornea from fosse + -ette.
floccose: "Covered with or consisting of woolly tufts", Mid 18th century: from late Latin floccosus, from Latin floccus 'flock'.
functor: "A function; an operator", 1930s: from function, on the pattern of words such as factor.
felicific: "Relating to or promoting increased happiness", Mid 19th century: from Latin felicificus, from felix, felic- 'happy'.
freesia: "A small southern African plant with fragrant, colourful, tubular flowers, many varieties of which are cultivated for the cut-flower trade", Modern Latin, named after Friedrich H. T. Freese (died 1876), German physician.
fimbriated: "Having a fringe or border of hair-like or finger-like projections", Late 15th century (in sense 2): from Latin fimbriatus (from fimbria 'fringe') + -ed¹.