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noun
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something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
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enjoyment or playfulness: She's full of fun.
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Funnest
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
adjective, fun·ner, fun·nest.
Idioms4.
Informal. of or pertaining to fun, especially to social fun: a fun thing to do; really a fun person; the funnest game.
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Informal. whimsical; flamboyant: The fashions this year are definitely on the fun side.
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for/in fun, as a joke; not seriously; playfully: His insults were only in fun.
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like fun, Informal. certainly not; of doubtful truth: He told us that he finished the exam in an hour. Like fun he did!
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Synonyms
1, 2. merriment, pleasure, play, gaiety.
1, 2. merriment, pleasure, play, gaiety.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
fun
1680s, v., "to cheat, hoax," probably a variant of M.E. fon "befool" (c.1400), later "trick, hoax, practical joke," of uncertain origin. Stigmatized by Johnson as "a low cant word." Older sense is preserved in phrase to make fun of and funny money "counterfeit bills" (1938, though this may be more for
EXPANDthe sake of the rhyme); sense of "amusement" is 1727. See also funny.
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