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Webster 1913 Edition


Fady

Fad′y

,
Adj.
Faded.
[R.]
Shenstone.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fady

FA'DY

,
Adj.
Wearing away; losing color or strength.

Definition 2024


fady

fady

English

Adjective

fady (comparative more fady, superlative most fady)

  1. (archaic, rare) faded
    • William Shenstone
      A straight-lined avenue, that is widened in front, and planted there with yew trees, then firs, then with trees more and more fady, till they end in the almond-willow, or silver osier, will produce a very remarkable deception of the former kind []

Etymology 2

Noun

fady (uncountable)

  1. A system of taboos in the traditional religion of Madagascar.

Adjective

fady (not comparable)

  1. Taboo, or forbidden, under the fady system.