English Explanatory Dictionary

fad

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.
noun
  1. Initialism of flavin adenine dinucleotide.

Pronunciation

/fæd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fad.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-fad.wav

Word forms

fad fads

Etymology

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”), whence Middle English faden (“to arrange”)); or from French fadaise ("a trifling thought"; see fadaise).

Related words

craze trend FMN

Derived words

faddery fad diet faddish faddism faddist faddy fadish fadlike fadmonger
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on F Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary