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fey

fated to die soon; under a spell; enchanted; whimsical; otherworldly

Not to be confused with:

fay – a fairy

fey

(fā)

adj.

a. Overrefined, exaggerated, or affected: "She said the word in a deliberately fey and pretentious manner, striking a pose" (Jenefer Shute).

b. Effeminate: "a fey snap of the wrist" (Michael Eric Dyson).

a. Having or displaying an otherworldly, magical, or fairylike aspect or quality: "She's got that fey look as though she's had breakfast with a leprechaun" (Dorothy Burnham).

b. Having visionary power; clairvoyant.

c. Appearing touched or crazy, as if under a spell.

3. Scots

a. Fated to die soon.

b. Full of the sense of approaching death.

[Middle English feie, fated to die, from Old English fǣge.]

fey′ly adv.

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fey

(feɪ)

adj

1. interested in or believing in the supernatural

2. attuned to the supernatural; clairvoyant; visionary

3. chiefly Scot fated to die; doomed

4. chiefly Scot in a state of high spirits or unusual excitement, formerly believed to presage death

[Old English fæge marked out for death; related to Old Norse feigr doomed, Old High German feigi]

ˈfeyness n

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fey

(feɪ)

adj.

1. whimsical; strange: a fey manner.

2. supernatural; enchanted: elves and other fey creatures.

3. appearing to be under a spell; visionary.

4. Chiefly Scot. doomed.

5. being in an unnaturally excited state of mind, once thought to portend death.

[before 900; Middle English; Old English fǣge doomed to die; c. Old Saxon fēgi, Old High German feigi, Old Norse feigr]

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Adj.	1.	fey - slightly insane touched insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"
	2.	fey - 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 elfin supernatural - not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; "supernatural forces and occurrences and beings"

fey

adjective

Having, brought about by, or relating to supernatural powers or magic:

magic, magical, talismanic, thaumaturgic, thaumaturgical, theurgic, theurgical, witching, wizardly.

Translations

artista lezioso

не от мира сего обречённый

fey

[feɪ] ADJ → vidente

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fey

adj (Scot) → todgeweiht; (= clairvoyant) → hellseherisch

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