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fad·dish

[fad-ish]
adjective
1.
like a fad.
2.
given to fads: a faddish, sophisticated crowd.

Origin:
1850–55; fad + -ish1

fad·dish·ness, noun
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fad (fæd)
 
n
1.  an intense but short-lived fashion; craze
2.  a personal idiosyncrasy or whim
 
[C19: of uncertain origin]
 
'faddish
 
adj
 
'faddishness
 
n
 
'faddism
 
n
 
'faddist
 
n

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faddish
1855, from fad + -ish.
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