Dictionary

faxed en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• făkst
• /fækst/

Etymology

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

Meanings

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. 1859, The London review: Volume 11

Forms

Deriveds

faxed star

faxed en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• făkst
• /fækst/

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Meanings

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

Deriveds

unfaxed