n. [ Cf. Faddle. ]
It is your favorite fad to draw plans. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]
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‖n. [ F. ] A vapid or meaningless remark; a commonplace; nonsense. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. a person who subscribes to a variety of fads. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
v. i. [ Cf. Fiddle, Fiddle-faddle. ] To trifle; to toy. --
v. t. To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away. [ 1913 Webster ]
No winter could his laurels fade. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>a. [ F., prob. fr. L. vapidus vapid, or possibly fr, fatuus foolish, insipid. ] Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace. [ R. ] “Passages that are somewhat fade.” Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]
His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
The earth mourneth and fadeth away. Is. xxiv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
The stars shall fade away. Addison [ 1913 Webster ]
He makes a swanlike end,
Fading in music. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That has lost freshness, color, or brightness; grown dim. “His faded cheek.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Where the faded moon
Made a dim silver twilight. Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a faded manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
A dull room fadedly furnished. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]