Fad Definition

făd
fads
noun
fads
A custom, style, etc. that many people are interested in for a short time; passing fashion; craze.
Webster's New World
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abbreviation
Flavin adenine dinucleotide.
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Other Word Forms of Fad

Noun

Singular:
fad
Plural:
fads

Origin of Fad

  • Of English dialectal origin. Further origin obscure. Possibly from Old English ġefæd (“order, decorum”) (compare Old English ġefæd (“orderly, tidy”), fadian, ġefadian (“to set in order, arrange”); or from French fadaise ("a trifling thought"; see fadaise).

    From Wiktionary

  • Possibly from fidfad fussy person, fussy from fiddle-faddle

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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