fadaise

English

Etymology

From French fadaise.

Noun

fadaise (plural fadaises)

1. A vapid or meaningless remark; a commonplace; nonsense.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan fadeza, fadeso (“foolishness, self-satisfaction, complacency”), ultimately from Latin fatuus. Compare fade (“insipid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.dɛz/

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Noun

fadaise f (plural fadaises)

1. (chiefly in the plural) uninteresting or banal thought; twaddle
   • 1736, Voltaire, chapter 10, in Examen important de Milord Bolingbroke:

     Ainsi s’établissent les opinions, les croyances, les sectes. Mais comment ces détestables fadaises ont-elles pu s’accréditer ?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• → English: fadaise
• → Swedish: fadäs c

Further reading

• “fadaise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.