degringolade

Meaning

Noun

A rapid decline or deterioration; a tumble.

Origin

Borrowed from French dégringolade, from dégringoler, from Middle French desgringueler (comprising des- + gringueler), from Middle Dutch crinkelen, crinc or cring (related to English crinkle and crank).

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