Fad

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 38

fad, n. a weak or transient hobby, crotchet, or craze: any unimportant belief or practice intemperately urged.— adjs. Fad′dish , given to fads—also Fad′dy .— ns. Fad′dishne ; Fad′dism ; Fad′dist , one who is a slave to some fad. [Ety. dub.]