FEY

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


Proper noun

Fey (plural Feys)

A surname.

Statistics

• 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.

Anagrams

• Fye, fye

Etymology 1

Adjective

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.

Etymology 2

Adjective

fey (comparative more fey, superlative most fey)

Magical or fairylike.

Noun

fey pl (plural only)

Fairy folk collectively.

Synonyms

See fairy

Anagrams

• 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



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