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fady

English

Etymology 1

fade +? -y

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?fe?di/

Adjective

fady (comparative more fady, superlative most fady)

  1. (archaic, rare) faded
    • 1764, William Shenstone, Unconnected Thoughts on Gardening (1764)
      A straight-lined avenue, that is widened in front, and planted there with yew trees, then firs, then with trees more and more fady, till they end in the almond-willow, or silver osier, will produce a very remarkable deception of the former kind []

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malagasy fady.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?f??di/

Noun

fady (uncountable)

  1. A system of taboos in the traditional culture of Madagascar.

Adjective

fady (not comparable)

  1. Taboo, or forbidden, under the fady system.

Malagasy

Noun

fady

  1. taboo, fady

Descendants

  • ? English: fady

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fody

English

Etymology

From Malagasy fody.

Noun

fody (plural fodies)

  1. Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Foudia in the weaver family Ploceidae.

References

  • fody on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Foudia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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