Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Any unwanted product or commercial failure, especially one given much publicity.
name
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Etzel. · An automobile marque that was planned, manufactured, and launched with great advertising hype by the Ford Motor Company in September 1957, but was a notorious failure.
The automobile marque is named after Edsel Ford (1893–1943), son of Henry Ford. Compare German Etzel.
Relationships mentioned by the source
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- Cognate mentionEtzelde
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