Fad

i. To act idly; to busy one's self with trifles; to potter. -n. Something that temporarily engages the attention of an individual or of society; a popular whim; a hobby. Faed, John, painter, born at Burlay Mill, Kir cud bright, Scotland, in 1820; resided in Edinburgh, 1841-62; a ociate of the Royal Scottish Academy. His best pictures were of domestic life and rural scenes. Exhibited in the Royal Academy, London, 1861; the following year he removed to that city, but in 1880 returned to his native town in Scotland.