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faxed

/fækst/

faxed adjective: having a head of hair; hairy. Also the simple past and past participle of fax.

Adjective

faxed (comparative more faxed, superlative most faxed)

  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

Also used as

faxed is also the simple past and past participle of fax.

Forms of faxed

comparativemore faxed
superlativemost faxed
alternative formfixed

Origin of faxed

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Words formed from faxed

Phrases with faxed

Words that rhyme with faxed

Questions about faxed

What does faxed mean?
Faxed means having a head of hair; hairy.
What part of speech is faxed?
Faxed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce faxed?
Faxed is pronounced /fækst/.

Words near faxed in the dictionary

  1. fax, no printer
  2. faxable
  3. faxback
  4. faxbacks
  5. Faxe
  6. faxed
  7. faxed star
  8. faxed stars
  9. faxed-star
  10. faxed-stars
  11. faxeladol

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