fadaise

French

noun

Definitions

(chiefly) uninteresting or banal thought; twaddle

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan fadeza derived from Latin fatuus (foolish, insipid, silly, simple).

Origin

Latin

fatuus

Gloss

foolish, insipid, silly, simple

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

fad English
fadaise English
*fatidus Latin
fatuitas Latin
fatuus Latin
fatuo Italian
fat French
fatuo Spanish, Castilian
*bʰat- Proto-Indo-European
fatela Portuguese
fátuo Portuguese
gefæd, ġefæd Old English
fadeza Occitan
fat Old Occitan

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