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fanon

noun
/ˈfænən/

Etymology

From Middle English fanon, fanoun, from Old French fanon, from Medieval Latin fanō, from Frankish *fano, from Proto-Germanic *fanô. Doublet of fane and vane.

  1. derived from *fanô✻
  2. derived from *fano✻
  3. derived from fanō
  4. derived from fanon
  5. inherited from fanon

Definitions

  1. A vestment reserved only for the Pope for use during a pontifical Mass.

  2. Part of a bishop's mitre. They are the tabs extending down from the mitre, often with a…

    Part of a bishop's mitre. They are the tabs extending down from the mitre, often with a cross near the end of each. See lappet.

  3. A maniple.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A fold of linen laid under a splint.

    2. Elements introduced by fans which are not in the official canon of a fictional world but…

      Elements introduced by fans which are not in the official canon of a fictional world but are widely believed to be or treated as if canonical.

      • In this way, smaller groups within a fandom agree on readings which may be completely at odds with the canon, but which in time acquire legitimacy as fanon.
      • Loyalty is one aspect of Slytherin that canon and fanon readings technically agree on, but fans are significantly more sincere about this characterization.
      • So in a fandom as old as Austen's, how does fanon get created?

    3. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fanon. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA