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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
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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