Fay Definition
To fadge.
(dialectal) To cleanse; clean out.
(US slang) A white person.
An English surname, originally a nickname from "faith, loyalty" or "a fairy".
An Irish surname, anglicized from Ó Fiaich and Ó Fathaigh.
Other Word Forms of Fay
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Origin of Fay
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From Middle English feyen, feien, from Old English fēġan (“to join, unite”), from Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną (“to join”), from Proto-Germanic *fōgō (“joint, slot”), from Proto-Indo-European *paḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Akin to Old Frisian fōgia (“to join”), Old Saxon fōgian (“to join”), Middle Low German fögen (“to join, add”), Dutch voegen (“to add, place”), Old High German fuogen (“to connect”) (German fügen (“to connect”)), Old English fōn (“to catch”). More at fang.
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From Middle English fegien, fæien (“to cleanse”), from Old Norse fægja (“to cleanse, polish”), from Proto-Germanic *fēgijaną (“to decorate, make beautiful”), from Proto-Indo-European *pōḱ-, *pēḱ- (“to clean, adorn”). Cognate with Swedish feja (“to sweep”), Danish feje (“to sweep”), German fegen (“to cleanse, scour, sweep”), Dutch vegen (“to sweep, strike”). More at feague, fake, fair.
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Middle English faie, fei (“a place or person possessed with magical properties”), from Middle French feie, fee (“fairy", "fae”). More at fairy.
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Middle English faie enchanted person or place from Old French fae fairy
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English feien from Old English fēgan pag- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English fai from Anglo-Norman fei, fed faith
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Abbreviation of ofay.
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