n. [ Cf. Faddle. ]
It is your favorite fad to draw plans. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]
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‖n. [ F. ] A vapid or meaningless remark; a commonplace; nonsense. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. a person who subscribes to a variety of fads. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
v. i. [ Cf. Fiddle, Fiddle-faddle. ] To trifle; to toy. --
pos>a. [ F., prob. fr. L. vapidus vapid, or possibly fr, fatuus foolish, insipid. ] Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace. [ R. ] “Passages that are somewhat fade.” Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]
His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
The earth mourneth and fadeth away. Is. xxiv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
The stars shall fade away. Addison [ 1913 Webster ]
He makes a swanlike end,
Fading in music. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away. [ 1913 Webster ]
No winter could his laurels fade. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That has lost freshness, color, or brightness; grown dim. “His faded cheek.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Where the faded moon
Made a dim silver twilight. Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a faded manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
A dull room fadedly furnished. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not liable to fade; unfading. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Father. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ Cf. OE. faden to flatter, and AS. fēgan to join, unite, G. fügen, or AS. āfægian to depict; all perh. form the same root as E. fair. Cf. Fair, a., Fay to fit. ] To fit; to suit; to agree. [ 1913 Webster ]
They shall be made, spite of antipathy, to fadge together. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Well, Sir, how fadges the new design ? Wycherley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] A small flat loaf or thick cake; also, a fagot. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Losing freshness, color, brightness, or vigor. --
n. An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song. “Fading is a fine jig.” [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A fathom. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Faded. [ R. ] Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A trifle; trifling talk; nonsense. [ Colloq. ] Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To talk nonsense. [ Colloq. ] Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]
See drainable.
See dramatic.
See drinkable.
See durable.
See duteous.
See dutiful.
See earnest.
See eatable.
See ecclesiastical.
See edible.
See elaborate.
See elective.
See elusive.
See emotional.
See emphatic. See employable.
See employable.
See endurable.
See -English.
See entire.
See enviable.
See envious.
See episcopal.
See equable.
See errable.
See escapable.
See evangelical.
See eventful.
See evident.
See exact.
See examinable.
See exceptionable.
See exclusive.
See exemplary.
See exempt.
See exhaustible.
See existent.
See expectable.
See expectant.
See explainable.
See express.
See expressible.
See expugnable.
See extinct.
See factious.
See fadable.
See fain.
See familiar.
See famous.
See fashionable.
See fast.
See fatherly.
See fathomable.
See faulty.
See fearful.
See feasible.
See felicitous.
See felt.
See feminine.
See fermentable.
See festival.
See fine.
See fleshy.
See fluent.
See forcible.
See fordable.
See foreknowable.
See foreseeable.
See forgetful.
See forgivable.
See formal.
See framable.
See fraternal.
See friable.
See frightful.
See frustrable.
See full.
See gainable.
See gainful.
See gallant.
See genial.
See genteel.
See gentle.
See gentlemanlike.
See gentlemanly.
See geometrical.
See ghostly.
See glad.
See godlike.
See good.
See goodly.
See gorgeous.
See grammatical.
See grave.
See guidable.
See guilty.
See habile.
See habitable.
See hale.
See handy.
See hardy.
See harmful.
See hasty.
See hazardous.
See healable.
See healthful.
See healthy.
See heavenly.
See heedful.
See helpful.
See heritable.
[ 1913 Webster ]
See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
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The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]
There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]