1.
[syn: faddish, faddy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
faddish
adj 1: intensely fashionable for a short time [syn: faddish,
faddy]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "faddish":
changeable, coquettish, faddy, fickle, flighty, flirtatious,
inconstant, light, mercurial, quicksilver, skittish, toying,
undependable, unpredictable, unreliable, vacillating, versatile,
volatile