| English Dictionary |
FADDY
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does faddy mean?
• FADDY (adjective)
The adjective FADDY has 1 sense:
1. intensely fashionable for a short time
Familiarity information: FADDY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Comparative: faddier
Superlative: faddiest
Superlative: faddiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Intensely fashionable for a short time
Synonyms:
faddish; faddy
Similar:
fashionable; stylish (being or in accordance with current social fashions)
Derivation:
fad (an interest followed with exaggerated zeal)
Context examples
Quite so. In dress now, for example. We are faddy people, you know—faddy but kind-hearted. If you were asked to wear any dress which we might give you, you would not object to our little whim. Heh?
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." (English proverb)
"A good chief gives, he does not take." (Native American proverb, Mohawk)
"One day is for us, and the other is against us." (Arabic proverb)
"Misery enjoys company." (Dutch proverb)
"A good chief gives, he does not take." (Native American proverb, Mohawk)
"One day is for us, and the other is against us." (Arabic proverb)
"Misery enjoys company." (Dutch proverb)