fady
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
fady (comparative more fady, superlative most fady)
- (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[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fady (uncountable)
- A system of taboos in the traditional culture of Madagascar.
Adjective[edit]
fady (not comparable)
- Taboo, or forbidden, under the fady system.
Malagasy[edit]
Noun[edit]
fady
Descendants[edit]
- → English: fady
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