What does "fading" mean?
Fading: Losing freshness, color, brightness, or vigor. -- n. Loss of color, freshness, or vigor. -- Fad"ing*ly, adv. -- Fad"ing*ness, n.
Additional senses
- 2.An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song. "Fading is a fine jig." [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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