Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A soft felt hat with a fairly low crown creased lengthwise and a brim that can be turned up or down.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A soft felt hat with a crown creased lengthwise.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a hat made of felt with a creased crown
Etymologies
- This word comes from a 19th century play by Victorien Sardou titled "Fédora". The heroine, Fédora Romanoff, wore a center-creased, soft brimmed hat. The name comes from the Russian Федора (Fedóra), feminine form of Фёдор (Fjódor), from Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theodoros, "gift of god"), derived from θεός (theos, "god") and δῶρον (doron, "gift") (Wiktionary)
- After Fédora, a play by Victorien Sardou. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“On the whole, I wish they treated Harrison Ford with the same understated subtlety the North Korean press reserves for Kim Jong Il. The whip-toting, punch-packing [Ed. Note: Seriously?], snake-hating, globe-trotting archaeologist with a fedora is back on screen in “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” debuting worldwide Thursday, May 22, 2008.”
“McCully's brown fedora is passed down from generation to generation.”
“I was just told by one of my co-workers (a 70-something Jewish woman who absolutely rocks) that my fedora is not creased enough at the front.”
“What we can glean from his audition videos: The fedora is a lie; Michael favors Kangol caps.”
The Huffington Post: Una LaMarche: Meet The Project Runway Season 8 Contestants
“Hats were popular in the eighties though mostly on girls, so wearing my fedora was a given.”
“Secara default sistem operasi fedora akan menjalankan firewall secara otomatis ketika dinyalakan.”
“Fedoras: Speaking of inappropriate, I can't really think of a situation where a fedora might be a good idea.”
“A fedora is a version of the trilby, distinguished by its wider brim.”
“The fedora is another classic that's relatively easy to come by.”
“Implementation example: A fedora is a (type of) hat.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘fedora’.
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Fads
With bows of great respect to Connie Willis, author of "Bellwether" and other wonderful books.
Hula-Hoop, bungee-jumping, hair-bobbing, pogs, jitterbug, jogging, mesmerism, Ouija board, miniature golf, The Old Curiosity..., Harry Potter, line dancing and 271 more...
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Very Silly Words
A list of very silly sounding words, as well as words that are fun to say
badot, gardyloo, dingbat, gaffer, kine, haberdashery, forsooth, whey-faced, hoddypeak, brouhaha, widdershins, decemnovenarianize and 115 more...
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[Open] “What’s that on your head?”
Headgear: “anything worn on the head” (that isn’t part of the head). Hats are fine, but for a more detailed, wider selection of fashionable hats in all colors and sizes, please see Reese Tee’s li...
goggles, wig, headdress, cap, hackamore, halter, bridle, beanie, turban, hat, crown, chapeau and 126 more...
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wallace
Remington, Windsor, prorector, wen, aver, mottle, seltzer, tepee, lapidary, effete, sotto, presbyopia and 355 more...
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names of hats
liripipe, cowl, capuchon, liripipium, snood, bonnet, toque, turban, poke, toboggan-cap, crown, fedora and 72 more...
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window dressing
chemise, gossamer, tweed, pleat, fold, cuff, button, shirttails, ascot, cummerbund, velvet, silk and 104 more...
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hats and headgear
Everything hats,things with hoods,hoods,scarves,crowns,useful
adjectival forms,hat expressions,
alternate spellingsbabushka, balaclava, bamoral, baseball cap, beanie, bearskin, beaver hat, beret, billycock, biretta, boater, bobble hat and 422 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Hats Off!
trilby, porkpie, panama, fedora, pillbox, stovepipe, turban, boater, ball cap, pastorella, beret, bowler and 219 more...
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Man likes these words
danube, schadenfreude, macabre, wanderlust, epiphany, azure, zeitgeist, cerulean, ennui, rhine, abyss, mulch and 130 more...
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curligirli0's Words
crapulous, swish, shiatsu, zen, xenoglossy, nincompoop, loquacious, pianissimo, onomatopoeia, imperturbable, silky, hosanas and 379 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (F)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
faery, fairy cross, fairy ring, falcon, fare-thee-well, farewell-summer, farthing, faun, fawn, felicitous, felicity, fencing and 109 more...
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Fun Words
Words that have funny meanings or are just fun to say.
kumquat, chimichanga, sarsparilla, rutabaga, rumpus, flummox, encrusted, prestidigitation, pomegranate, preposterous, dentiloquist, sepulchre and 323 more...
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vocabs
to learn
fond, fuss, unhinged, syndication, mayhem, invoke, nostalgia, bizarre, blatantly, condemn, comrade, captivity and 89 more...
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Behr Paint Colors
Names used for Behr Paints in spring of 2008. I'm curious to see if Behr gives the same colors different names in other years, so I've tagged each color with its Behr product number. It turns out t...
billowy clouds, soft lace, victorian pearl, china cup, soft muslin, bleached shell, belgian cream, chamois cloth, natural linen, popped corn, divine pleasure, vanilla delight and 283 more...
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Skip The Light Fontastic
Fonts whose names are wacky, powerful, intriguing, whimsical, exotic and so on.
buttzilla, consolas, trebuchet, chanticleer, earthpig, dwarves, ciao, ghost town, goodfish, i still know, gorilla milkshake, immoral and 212 more...
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