faxed
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English *faxed, from Old English feaxed, ġefeaxed (“haired; having hair”), from Old English feax (“hair”). More at fax.
Alternative forms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]faxed (comparative more faxed, superlative most faxed)
- (obsolete) Having a head of hair; hairy.
- 1859, The London review: Volume 11:
- 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:
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]haired — see haired
Etymology 2
[edit]From fax (“to send a fax/facsimile”).
Verb
[edit]faxed
- simple past and past participle of fax