fracas
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fracas
- /ˈfɹækɑː/ UK
- /fɹəˈkɑː/ UK
- /ˈfɹeɪkəs/ US
- /ˈfɹækəs/ US
- /ˈfɹækaː/ US
Where it comes from
From French fracas, derived from fracasser, from Italian fracassare, from fra- + cassare, equivalent to Latin infra + quassare.
noun fracases · fracas
- A noisy disorderly quarrel, fight, brawl, disturbance or scrap. Fanny read to herself that “it was with infinite concern the newspaper had to announce to the world, a matrimonial fracas in the family of Mr. R. of Wimpole Street; the beautiful Mrs. R. whose name had not long been enrolled in the lists of hymen, and who had promised to become so brilliant a leader
