elfin, fey
(adjective) suggestive of an elf in strangeness and otherworldliness; “thunderbolts quivered with elfin flares of heat lightning”; “the fey quality was there, the ability to see the moon at midday”- John Mason Brown
fey, touched
(adjective) slightly insane
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Fey (plural Feys)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fey is the 9108th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3588 individuals. Fey is most common among White (94.26%) individuals.
• Fye, fye
fey (comparative more fey, superlative most fey)
(dialectal, archaic or poetic) About to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or violent death.
(obsolete) Dying; dead.
(chiefly, Scottish, Irish) Possessing second sight, clairvoyance, or clairaudience.
Overrefined, affected.
Strange or otherworldly.
Spellbound.
fey (comparative more fey, superlative most fey)
Magical or fairylike.
fey pl (plural only)
Fairy folk collectively.
• See fairy
• Fye, fye
Source: Wiktionary
Fey, a. Etym: [AS. f, Icel. feigr, OHG. feigi.]
Definition: Fated; doomed. [Old Eng. & Scot.]
Fey, n. Etym: [See Fay faith.]
Definition: Faith. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Fey, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Feague.]
Definition: To cleanse; to clean out. [Obs.] Tusser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
