fiaschi

Variant of fiasco

noun pl. fiascoes or fiascos

a complete failure; esp., an ambitious project that ends as a ridiculous failure

Origin: Fr < It (far) fiasco, to fail < fiasco, bottle (< Gmc *flasko, flask)

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