fasherie

noun

fash·​er·​ie

variants or fashery

fash(ə)ri

plural fasheries

1

dialectal, British : annoyance, bother

2

dialectal, British : unnecessary ornament or ceremony

Word History

Etymology

Middle French fascherie, from fascher + -erie -ery

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