faddy

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having very particular, changeable, or hard-to-satisfy tastes and preferences

   The faddy child refused any food that touched another item on the plate.

2. 2
   adj

   fashionable or popular only for a short time; characteristic of a fad

   The editor rejected the treatment as a faddy diet with little evidence behind it.

Formed from fad + -y in the nineteenth century. It first described someone governed by whims or pet ideas and then things that briefly become fashionable, preserving both the personal 'fussy' sense and the fashion-related sense.

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