Meaning

noun a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer

noun gradually ceasing to be visible

verb become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly

originFrom Middle English fade, vad, vade (“faded, pale, withered, weak”), from Middle Dutch vade (“weak, faint, limp”), from Old French fade (“weak, witless”), of obscure origin. Probably from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, from Latin fatuus (“insipid”).

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