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English
Etymology
From French fadaise.
Noun
fadaise (plural fadaises)
- 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
Noun
fadaise f (plural fadaises)
- (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)
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