faade

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English waet, from Old English hwæt, from Proto-West Germanic *hwat.

Alternative forms

Pronoun

faade

  1. what
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Var faade?
      For what?
    • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1:
      Faade ee-happen'd mee lauthest Gooude Vreedie.
      What happen'd to me last Good Friday.
Derived terms
Related terms
  • fad (“why”)

Etymology 2

From Middle English faden, from Old French fader.

Verb

faade

  1. to fade
    • 1867, OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR:
      F. aake, faace, faade, glaade, laace, maake.
      E. ahce, face, fade, glade, lace, make.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 39 & 13
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