fady

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English

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Etymology 1

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From fade +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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Borrowed from Malagasy fady.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfædi/, /ˈfɑːdi/

Noun

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fady (uncountable)

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

Adjective

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fady (not comparable)

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

Malagasy

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Noun

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fady

  1. taboo, fady

Descendants

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  • English: fady