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Added 9 October 2026

fade

/feɪd/ noun

In Latin: defluo Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about fade at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer.
he took lessons to cure his slicing
Gradually ceasing to be visible.

verb

Become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly.
The scene begins to fade
Lose freshness, vigor, or vitality.
Her bloom was fading
Disappear gradually.
The pain eventually passed off

Origin

From Middle English fade, vad, vade (“faded, pale, withered, weak”), from Middle Dutch vade (“weak, faint, limp”), from Old French fade (“weak, witless”), of obscure origin. Probably from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, from Latin fatuus (“insipid”).

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