LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY

PRONUNCIATION: (lit-l lord FONT-luh-roi)

MEANING: noun: An innocent child; also a very polite and well-dressed child.

ETYMOLOGY: From Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel Little Lord Fauntleroy (1885). Earliest documented use: 1942.

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LITTLE LORD FLAUNT LEROY - The short Earl likes to boast about his "in" with King Louis XIV