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[ fey ] / feɪ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR fey ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveBritish Dialect. doomed; fated to die. Chiefly Scot. appearing to be under a spell; marked by an apprehension of death, calamity, or evil. supernatural; unreal; enchanted: elves, fairies, and other fey creatures. being in unnaturally high spirits, as were formerly thought to precede death. whimsical; strange; otherworldly: a strange child with a mysterious smile and a fey manner. Origin of feybefore 900; Middle English; Old English fǣge doomed to die; cognate with Old Norse feigr doomed, German feig cowardly Words nearby feyfewer, fewness, few words, -fex, fexofenadine hydrochloride, fey, Feydeau, Feynman, Feynman diagram, fez, Fezzan Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for feyThe two secret ingredients: Poehler and Fey, who transform into clubbing Guidettes with unconventional pickup lines. Golden Globes Hosts Tina Fey & Amy Poehler’s Funniest Moments (Video)|Kevin Fallon|January 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST In her book Bossypants, Fey claims that her Palin impression did nothing to help net her comedy 30 Rock more viewers. Tina Fey's Funniest 'Saturday Night Live' Moments (VIDEO)|Chancellor Agard|September 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST Annuale This is yet another gem from the first time Fey hosted in 2008. Tina Fey's Funniest 'Saturday Night Live' Moments (VIDEO)|Chancellor Agard|September 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST Rudolph and Fey end the song Natalie Cole style, as each duetting with her unborn child. Tina Fey's Funniest 'Saturday Night Live' Moments (VIDEO)|Chancellor Agard|September 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
As is the Fey way, her opening monologue included some stellar self-deprecating jokes. Tina Fey's Funniest 'Saturday Night Live' Moments (VIDEO)|Chancellor Agard|September 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST The fey light suddenly left her eyes, and they became filled with tears. I'm 'fey' to-day, as the Scotch say, and must 'dree my weird'. A harum-scarum schoolgirl|Angela Brazil I wonder if one can feel "fey" for another man if he is dear to you as no other can be? A Prince of Cornwall|Charles W. Whistler A man becoming part of our folklore becomes a fey, one-dimensional, shadow-image of reality. The Peacemaker|Alfred Coppel But Isbel was "fey," and would take counsel from neither maid nor matron. Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City|S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
British Dictionary definitions for fey
adjectiveinterested in or believing in the supernatural attuned to the supernatural; clairvoyant; visionary mainly Scot fated to die; doomed mainly Scot in a state of high spirits or unusual excitement, formerly believed to presage death Derived forms of feyfeyness, nounWord Origin for feyOld English fæge marked out for death; related to Old Norse feigr doomed, Old High German feigi Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to feyclairvoyant, dead, elfin, otherworldly, visionary, whimsical |