Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Overrefined, exaggerated, or affected.
- adjective Effeminate.
- adjective Having or displaying an otherworldly, magical, or fairylike aspect or quality.
- adjective Having visionary power; clairvoyant.
- adjective Appearing touched or crazy, as if under a spell.
- adjective Fated to die soon.
- adjective Full of the sense of approaching death.
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete form of
fay . - Same as
fay . - See
fay . - noun A Middle English form of
fay . - noun An obsolete form of
fee .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Faith.
- adjective Old Eng. & Scot. Fated; doomed.
- transitive verb obsolete To cleanse; to clean out.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Magical orfairylike . - adjective
Strange orotherworldly . - adjective
Spellbound . - adjective About to die;
fated ;doomed ; on the verge of sudden or violent death. - adjective obsolete
Dying ;dead . - adjective overrefined, precious; quaint, cute
- noun
Fairy folk collectively.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective slightly insane
- adjective suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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April 7th, 2010 11: 28 am ET beauty must not be just skin deep cause while palin has an uglyness about her tina fey is my #1 celebrity crush
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Having just listened to the wonderful “Chasing the Bard” by Pip Ballantine, I was off in fey realms of beauty and magic.
Lessons You Can Learn from Scott Sigler, Author and Podcaster | The Creative Penn 2009
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April 7th, 2010 3: 41 pm ET fey is getting desperate for some press ink. her latest movie shows she has no acting skills whatsoever and 30 rock has become repetitively boring. time to get a real job tina.
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On March 3rd 2008, yo wrote: tiny fey is “daisy”, not “amber” which is amy pohler
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He still looks somewhat distrait, however, and retains that wild look in his eyes which in a Highlander would mean that he was "fey" -- at least so our chief engineer remarked to me, and he has some reputation among the Celtic portion of our crew as a seer and expounder of omens.
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She was "fey" -- _exaltée_ -- in the state of lighthearted-and lightheadedness for which sober, literal, decorous English has no synonym.
When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood Marion Harland 1876
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He was thought to have been "fey" -- namely, in high spirits -- recklessly hastening to a violent death; for as he rode along the crags close above
Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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“So maybe once you call the fey we should prostrate ourselves like we’re worshipping them and let the guy get his shot off.”
Fatal Circle Linda Robertson 2010
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Those who had known him longest said he must be fey, that is doomed, so strangely altered was his behaviour.
The Marquis of Lossie George MacDonald 1864
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"fey" -- at least so our chief engineer remarked to me, and he has some reputation among the Celtic portion of our crew as a seer and expounder of omens.
The Captain of the Polestar Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
sobriquet commented on the word fey
(adj): fated to die soon (archaic)
August 20, 2009
brueckl100 commented on the word fey
President John F. Kennedy described his wife Jacqueline as being "fey."
April 10, 2017