faddleEtymologyCompare fiddle, fiddle-faddle.faddle means to fiddle (play aimlessly). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.verbTo fiddle (play aimlessly).“I am afraid I must be at bottom, what a cheerful Indian critic has dubbed me, "a faddling hedonist" […]”To dote on.“Even then, when nurse is ready to take baby out for a walk, properly wrapped up, faddling Mamma comes to examine, if not a little corner remains to be closed to the air.”