Definition of Faddish

1. Adjective. Intensely fashionable for a short time.

Exact synonyms: Faddy
Similar to: Fashionable, Stylish
Derivative terms: Fad

Definition of Faddish

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a fad; being a fad. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Faddish

1. inclined to take up fads [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Faddish

facultatively
faculties
faculty
faculty member
facund
facundious
facundity
fad
fad diet
fadable
fadaise
fadaises
faddier
faddiest
faddily
faddish (current term)
faddishly
faddishness
faddishnesses
faddism
faddisms
faddist
faddists
faddle
faddled
faddles
faddling
faddy
fade
fade away

Literary usage of Faddish

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

1. A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901 by Thomas Allston Brown (1903)
"Sam Reed Leonora faddish . . Marie Greenwald Henry Mackintosh . . S. Miller Kent Joseph Johnson . . Ralph Delmore Mons. ..."

2. Educational Sociology by David Snedden (1922)
"Even genuine college education has its numberless deceptive imitations, its faddish shams. Small wonder, then, that the movement for sound vocational ..."

3. Essentials of Social Psychology by Emory Stephen Bogardus (1920)
"(4) faddish patriotism gives benefit "teas" in war times, despite the fact that such affairs provide an unnecessary fourth meal. ..."

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