Defn: Eloquence; readiness of speech. [Archaic]
FAD
Fad, n. Etym: [Cf. Faddle.]
Defn: A hobby ; freak; whim.
— Fad"dist, n.
It is your favorite fad to draw plans. G. Eliot.
FADAISE
Fa`daise", n. [F.]
Defn: A vapid or meaningless remark; a commonplace; nonsense.
FADDLE
Fad"dle, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Fiddle, Fiddle-faddle.]
Defn: To trifle; to toy.
— v. t.
Defn: To fondle; to dandle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
FADE Fade a. Etym: [F., prob. fr. L. vapidus vapid, or possibly fr,fatuus foolish, insipid.]
Defn: Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace. [R.] "Passages that are
somewhat fade." Jeffrey.
His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous.
De Quincey.