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faxed¹

  • /fækst/

Rhymes with -ækst

Where it comes from

From Middle English *faxed, from Old English feaxed, ġefeaxed (“haired; having hair”), from Old English feax (“hair”). More at fax.

adjective more faxed · most faxed · fixed

  1. obsolete Having a head of hair; hairy. A comet is a ‘faxed’ star, that is, a hairy, a tailed star. But ‘faxed’ got corrupted into ‘fixed’ star during the seventeenth century.

faxed²

  • /fækst/

Rhymes with -ækst

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of fax (“to send a fax or facsimile”)

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"faxed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/faxed. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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faxed. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/faxed

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"faxed." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/faxed.

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@misc{faxed_2026,
  title = {faxed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/faxed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}