fadesome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by fading; apt to fade

OriginProto-Germanic *samaz ← Proto-Indo-European *somHós ← English fade →
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Meanings

adjectivefadesome (comparative more fadesome, superlative most fadesome)

comparative more fadesome · superlative most fadesome

  1. dialectalCharacterised or marked by fading; apt to fade

    Through me, through me only, although ye scoff / And scowl at my doings, can ye throw off / Your fadesome mortality; [...]

    1857, Charles Boner, The New Dance of Death, and Other Poems

Origin

  1. Englishfade
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*somHós
  4. Proto-Germanic*samaz
  5. Englishfadesome

From fade + -some.

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APA

fadesome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fadesome

MLA

“fadesome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fadesome. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fadesome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fadesome.

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