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The earliest known use of the adjective fideal is in the 1850s. OED's only evidence for fideal is from 1854, in Notes Biogr. W. Law. fideal is a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin fide-, fidēs, ‑al suffix1. See etymology. fiddle-shaped, adj. 1819–. fiddlestick, n. a1500–.
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