faxed

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English *faxed, from Old English feaxed, ġefeaxed (“haired; having hair”), from Old English feax (“hair”). More at fax.

Alternative forms

• fixed

Adjective

faxed (comparative more faxed, superlative most faxed)

1. (obsolete) Having a head of hair; hairy.
   • 1859, The London review: Volume 11:

     A comet is a ‘faxed’ star, that is, a hairy, a tailed star. But ‘faxed’ got corrupted into ‘fixed’ star during the seventeenth century.

Derived terms

• faxed star

Etymology 2

From fax (“to send a fax/facsimile”).

Verb

faxed

1. simple past and past participle of fax

Anagrams

• xfade