Associations to the word «Fay»
Noun
Wiktionary
FAY, verb. To fit.
FAY, verb. To join or unite closely or tightly.
FAY, verb. To lie close together.
FAY, verb. To fadge.
FAY, verb. (dialectal) To cleanse; clean out.
FAY, noun. A fairy; an elf.
FAY, noun. (US slang) A white person.
FAY, adjective. (US slang) White.
FAY, proper noun. An English surname, originally a nickname from "faith, loyalty" or "a fairy".
FAY, proper noun. An Irish surname, anglicized from Ó Fiaich and Ó Fathaigh.
FAY, proper noun. A female given name, pet form of Faith or Frances; often used as a middle name.
Dictionary definition
FAY, noun. A small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.