fanfare
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fɛər noun
1.
a flourish or short air played on trumpets or the like.
2.
an ostentatious display or flourish.
3.
publicity or advertising.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a flourish or short tune played on brass instruments, used as a military signal, at a ceremonial event, etc |
| 2. | an ostentatious flourish or display |
| [C17: from French, back formation from fanfarer to play a flourish on trumpets; see | |
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Word Origin & History
fanfare
c.1600, from Fr. fanfarer "blow a fanfare," perhaps echoic, or perhaps borrowed (with Sp. fanfarron "braggart," and It. fanfano "babbler") from Arabic farfar "chatterer."
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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fanfare
originally a brief musical formula played on trumpets, horns, or similar "natural" instruments, sometimes accompanied by percussion, for signal purposes in battles, hunts, and court ceremonies. The term is of obscure derivation
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Example sentences
The series began with little fanfare less than two years ago.
It was an oddly quiet finale for a phenomenon that had been ushered in with all the fanfare of the millennium.
Soon after it began, however, the goldfish gulping contest ended with little fanfare.
Apartments are opened with great fanfare, with outdoor concerts in malls.
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