See Also: fiddlestick(dictionary)

Horatian (iou) and fiddlestick (iou)


Horatian (iou)



Horatian adjective. E17.
[Latin Horatianus, from Quintus Horatius Flaccus (see below): see -AN.]
Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Roman poet Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus, 65-8 BC) or his work.

fiddlestick (iou)



fiddlestick noun. LME.
[from FIDDLE noun + STICK noun1.]
A bow with which a fiddle is played. LME.
An insignificant thing, a triviality. colloq. Now rare. E17.
W. Irving We do not care a fiddlestick..for..public opinion.
sing. & (usu.) in pl. As interjection. Nonsense! E17.
Thackeray Do you suppose men so easily change their natures? Fiddlestick! Thomas Hughes Fiddlesticks! it's nothing but the skin broken.