Associations to the word «Fey»

Wiktionary

FEY, adjective. (dialectal or archaic) About to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or violent death.
FEY, adjective. (obsolete) Dying; dead.
FEY, adjective. (chiefly Scottish) possessing second sight, clairvoyance, or clairaudience
FEY, adjective. Overrefined, affected
FEY, adjective. Strange or otherworldly.
FEY, adjective. Spellbound.
FEY, adjective. Magical or fairylike.
FEY, noun. Fairy folk collectively.

Dictionary definition

FEY, adjective. Slightly insane.
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.

Wise words

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