Usually means: Nonsense, foolishness, trivial or ornamental.
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  1. folderol: Merriam-Webster
  2. folderol: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. folderol: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. folderol: Collins English Dictionary
  5. folderol: Vocabulary.com
  6. folderol: Wordnik
  7. folderol: Wiktionary
  8. folderol: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. folderol (falderal): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. folderol: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Folderol, folderol: Dictionary.com
  12. Folderol: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Folderol: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. folderol: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. folderol: Rhymezone
  16. Folderol: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. folderol: FreeDictionary.org
  18. folderol: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. Folderol: World Wide Words
  20. folderol: Mnemonic Dictionary

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  1. folderol: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (folderol)

▸ noun:  (uncountable) Nonsense or foolishness.
▸ noun:  (countable) A decorative object of little value; a trifle or gewgaw.

Similar:
falderal, applesauce, nonsense, rubbish, trash, trumpery, wish-wash, gimcrackery, tripe, frills, more...

Opposite:
simplicity, plainness, straightforwardness

Adjectives:
such, other, much, legal, usual, romantic, mystical, mere, bureaucratic, social, religious

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Similar:
falderal, applesauce, nonsense, rubbish, trash, trumpery, wish-wash, gimcrackery, tripe, frills, more...

Opposite:
simplicity, plainness, straightforwardness

Adjectives:
such, other, much, legal, usual, romantic, mystical, mere, bureaucratic, social, religious



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