Faddish

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fad \Fad\ (f[a^]d), n. [Cf. {Faddle}.]
     1. A hobby; freak; whim.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              It is your favorite fad to draw plans. --G. Eliot.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. a practise followed enthusiastically by a number of people
        for a limited period of time; as, the latest fad in
        fashion.
  
     Syn: craze; mania.
          [PJC] -- {Fad"dist}, n.
          -- {Fad"dish}, a.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  faddish \faddish\ faddy \faddy\adj.
     1. intensely fashionable for a short time. [WordNet sense 1]
  
     Syn: trendy. [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. prone to follow fads; as, a faddish clique of teenagers;
        -- of people.
  
     Syn: trendy. [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  faddish
       adj : intensely fashionable for a short time [syn: {faddy}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "faddish":
     changeable, coquettish, faddy, fickle, flighty, flirtatious,
     inconstant, light, mercurial, quicksilver, skittish, toying,
     undependable, unpredictable, unreliable, vacillating, versatile,
     volatile