faxed

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/fækst/

adjective

Having a head of hair; hairy.

OriginMiddle English *faxed ← Old English feaxed →
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Meanings

faxed1

adjectivefaxed (comparative more faxed, superlative most faxed)

comparative more faxed · superlative most faxed · alternative fixed

  1. obsoleteHaving a head of hair; hairy.

    A comet is a ‘faxed’ star, that is, a hairy, a tailed star. But ‘faxed’ got corrupted into ‘fixed’ star during the seventeenth century.

    1859, The London review: Volume 11

faxed2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of fax (“to send a fax or facsimile”)

Origin

faxed · adjective

  1. Old Englishfeax“hair”
  2. Old Englishfeaxed
  3. Middle English*faxed
  4. Englishfaxed

From Middle English *faxed, from Old English feaxed, ġefeaxed (“haired; having hair”), from Old English feax (“hair”). More at fax.

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faxed · verb

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with faxed

relaxedaxed
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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