fiasco
[ fee-as-koh or especially for 2, -ah-skoh ]
/ fiˈæs koʊ or especially for 2, -ˈɑ skoʊ /
noun, plural fi·as·cos, fi·as·coes.
a complete and ignominious failure.
a round-bottomed glass flask for wine, especially Chianti, fitted with a woven, protective raffia basket that also enables the bottle to stand upright.
Origin of fiasco
1850–55; < Italian: literally, bottle < Germanic (see
flask1); sense “failure” from Italian phrase
far fiasco to fail, literally, to make a bottle, idiom of uncertain origin
SYNONYMS FOR fiasco
Words nearby fiasco
fianchetto,
fiancé,
fiancée,
fianna,
fianna fáil,
fiasco,
fiat,
fiat justitia, ruat caelum,
fiat lux,
fiat money,
fib
Example sentences from the Web for fiasco
British Dictionary definitions for fiasco
fiasco
/ (fɪˈæskəʊ) /
noun plural -cos or -coes
a complete failure, esp one that is ignominious or humiliating
Word Origin for fiasco
C19: from Italian, literally:
flask; sense development obscure