folderol (folderol)

[Also (Sc.) falderall; appar. from similar syllables, without meaning, forming the refrain of various old songs; ef. fallal.] 1. Mere nonsense; an idle fancy or conceit; a silly trifle. The folderols which I think they call accomplishments. Spurge on, John Ploughman's Talk. 2. pl. Trivial ornaments; fallals. They can get their dre es and fol - de - rols fresh from the loom of fashion in a few hours. The New Mirror, II. 353. fold-garth (föld'gärth), n. A farm-yard. [North. Eng.]