Etymology

fash

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Today it means: To worry; to bother, annoy. Full definition →

Latin fastus
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fash · verb, noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromfastus“disdain”
  2. English todayfash

From early modern French fascher (now fâcher), from Latin fastus (“disdain”).

fash · noun, verb2

  1. Latinfascis
  2. Italianfascio
  3. Italianfascista
  4. Englishfascistclip.
  5. English todayfash

Clipping of fascist, borrowed from Italian fascista, from fascio + -ista.

fash · adjective3

Clipping of fashionable.

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