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fadge¹

  • /fæd͡ʒ/

Rhymes with -ædʒ

Where it comes from

Unknown. According to Chambers, from Old English fēġan (“to join or fit together”); Liberman suggests a Middle English variant of fagot (“bundle of sticks”). Compare also Old English feċġan (“to seize, take hold, bring to”).

verb fadges · fadging · fadged

  1. intransitive, obsolete To be suitable (with or to something). Well, Sir, how fadges the new deſign; have you not the luck of all your Brother Projectors, to deceive only your ſelf at laſt?
  2. intransitive, obsolete To agree, to get along (with). They shall be made, spight of antipathy, to fadge together.
  3. intransitive, obsolete To get on well; to cope, to thrive. I can never fadge well: for I am at such a stay, that except for health and life, there is nothing I will take the paines to fret my selfe about, or will purchase at so high a rate as to trouble my wits for it, or be constrained thereunto.
  4. Geordie To eat together.
  5. Yorkshire, of a horse To move with a gait between a jog and a trot.

fadge²

  • /fæd͡ʒ/

Rhymes with -ædʒ

Where it comes from

Uncertain, but potentially from or related to Old English faċġ (“flat-fish, plaice, flounder”).

noun fadges

  1. Ireland Irish potato bread; a flat farl, griddle-baked, often served fried.
  2. New Zealand A wool pack, traditionally made of jute, now often synthetic.
  3. Geordie A small loaf or bun made with left-over dough.
  4. Yorkshire A gait of horses between a jog and a trot.

fadge³

  • /fæd͡ʒ/

Rhymes with -ædʒ

noun fadges

  1. UK, archaic, slang A farthing (old coin). "Here's a fadge (farthing) or a button," I said, taking my pocket knife and cutting a few of the stitches holding the cloth and lining together, […]

fadge⁴

  • /fæd͡ʒ/

Rhymes with -ædʒ

Where it comes from

Abbreviation.

noun fadges

  1. UK, slang, vulgar A vagina.

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@misc{fadge_2026,
  title = {fadge},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fadge},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}