fey
fey definition
fey (fā)
adjective
- Now Chiefly Scot.
- fated; doomed to death: archaic except in Scottish usage
- in an unusually excited state, formerly believed to portend sudden death
- strange or unusual in any of certain ways, as, variously, eccentric, whimsical, visionary, elfin, shy, otherworldly
Etymology: ME feie < OE fæge, fated, akin to Ger feige, cowardly (OHG feigi, doomed) < IE base *peik-, hostile > foe, feud, L piger, averse
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