“fidfad”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

fidfad

释义

fidfad, n. and a.|ˈfɪdfæd|
[Short for fiddle-faddle.]
A. n.
a. One who gives fussy attention to trifles.
b. A petty matter of detail, a crotchet.
1754World No. 95 The youngest..is, in everything she does, an absolute fidfad.1875Mrs. E. Lynn Linton Patricia Kemball II. 31 The fidfads, called improvements, which were not wanted.1881B. W. Richardson in Gd. Words XXII. 52 He built himself a house, and fitted it with every fidfad that could be suggested.
B. adj. Frivolous, fussy, petty.
1830R. Hill in E. Sidney Life (1834) 351 With the tinkling cymbal fid-fad musicians may try to tickle the fancy of such half-witted admirers.1844Blackw. Mag. LV. 199 From exuberant 4to, down to the fid-fad concentration of 12mo.

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