FAD Meaning of FAD in English n.1 a craze. 2 a peculiar notion or idiosyncrasy. Derivatives: faddish adj. faddishly adv. faddishness n. faddism n. faddist n. Etymology: 19th c. (orig. dial.): prob. f. fidfad f. FIDDLE-FADDLE Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012