FASH

Etymology 1

Verb

fash (third-person singular simple present fashes, present participle fashin or fashing, simple past and past participle fashed)

(transitive, Scotland, Geordie, Northern England) To worry; to bother, annoy.

(intransitive, Scotland, Geordie, Northern England) To trouble oneself; to take pains.

Noun

fash (plural fashes)

(Scotland, Geordie, Northern England) A worry; trouble; bother.

Etymology 2

Noun

fash (plural fash)

(slang, especially, UK) A fascist, a member of the far-right.

(slang, plural, especially, UK) The far-right, especially violent far-right demonstrators, collectively.

Verb

fash

(slang) To make something fascist.

Anagrams

• HFAs, fahs

Source: Wiktionary


Fash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fashing.] Etym: [OF. faschier, F. f, to anger, vex; cf. Pr. fasticar, fastigar, fr. L. fastidium dilike. See Fastidious.]

Definition: To vex; to tease; to trouble. [Scot.]

Fash, n.

Definition: Vexation; anxiety; care. [Scot.] Without further fash on my part. De Quincey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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