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The definition of a fiasco is something that is an utter and complete disaster.

(noun)

An example of fiasco is a party where no one shows up and the clown hired to entertain breaks his leg and sues.

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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)

noun pl. fiascoes or fiaschi

a bottle; esp., a long-necked wine bottle with a rounded lower portion covered in woven straw

See fiasco in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. fi·as·coes or fi·as·cos

A complete failure.

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Origin: French

Origin: , from Italian fare fiasco, to make a bottle, fail

Origin: , from fiasco, bottle (perhaps translation of French bouteille, bottle, error, used by the French for linguistic errors committed by Italian actors on the 18th-century French stage)

Origin: , from Late Latin flascō; see flask

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