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FADDY

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fad⋅dy

[fad-ee] adjective, -di⋅er, -di⋅est, noun

Origin:
1815–25; fad + -y 1
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fad   (fād)   
n.  A fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; a craze.

[Possibly from fidfad, fussy person, fussy, from fiddle-faddle.]
fad'dism n., fad'dist n., fad'dy adj.
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