Definition of Fadaise

1. n. A vapid or meaningless remark; a commonplace; nonsense.

Definition of Fadaise

1. a silly saying [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fadaise

facultative parasite
facultative ponds
facultative quadruped
facultative quadrupeds
facultative species
facultatively
faculties
faculty
faculty member
facund
facundious
facundity
fad
fad diet
fadable
fadaise (current term)
fadaises
faddier
faddiest
faddily
faddish
faddishly
faddishness
faddishnesses
faddism
faddisms
faddist
faddists
faddle
faddled

Literary usage of Fadaise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes on English Etymology: Chiefly Reprinted from the Transactions of the by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"It seems to me to be nothing but an abbreviation of the F. fadaise, ... Thus Spiers' French Dict. gives 'fadaise, fiddle- faddle, twaddle, trifle, nonsense. ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1877)
"Vous ne sauriez croire combien cette fadaise [the above stanzas] par laquelle j'ai répondu à ses politesses et ä ses amitiés, m'a concilié ici les esprits. ..."

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