fady
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
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 […]
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fady (uncountable)
- A system of taboos in the traditional culture of Madagascar.
Adjective edit
fady (not comparable)
- Taboo, or forbidden, under the fady system.
Malagasy edit
Noun edit
fady
Descendants edit
- → English: fady