fady
English
Etymology 1
fade + -y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfeɪdi/
Adjective
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 […]
- 1764, William Shenstone, Unconnected Thoughts on Gardening (1764)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Malagasy fady.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɑːdi/
Noun
fady (uncountable)
- A system of taboos in the traditional culture of Madagascar.
Adjective
fady (not comparable)
- Taboo, or forbidden, under the fady system.
Malagasy
Noun
fady
- taboo, fady
Descendants
- → English: fady